Observer | |
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Name | Dawn D |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | This fireball looked similar to an event where a very small meteor burned itself out within a mile of my location, it looked as if a small plane appx 5 -10 miles away was on fire plummeting to earth. (Former military, have spotted planes while on watch before, though not on fire or plummeting) |
Location | |
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Address | San Diego, CA |
Latitude | 32° 43' 4.4'' N (32.717888°) |
Longitude | 117° 5' 5.05'' W (-117.084736°) |
Elevation | 55.830753m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2024-04-16 20:00 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2024-04-17 03:00 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 183° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 76° |
First azimuth | 75° |
First elevation | 60° |
Last azimuth | 75° |
Last elevation | 10° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
Color | Green |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 0.5s |
Length | 20° |
Remarks | It looked as if a smaller piece had split from the main fireball |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Original fireball fairly large, fragment appearing was above it appx 10% size of fireball. |