Reports Report 4035b (Event 4035-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jeffery H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I work for the US Govt/NASA-- This event was remarkable over the San Francisco Bay Area I have ever witnessed in over 20 yrs living here. It was scary in ways. I called my wife onto the back deck to observe.. We thought it was a commercial jet going down: so symmetrical the 4-5 fragments were, on but up thorough the Earths atmosphere. Jeff H. ========================================= dr jeffery l hollingsworth chief, planetary systems branch space science & astrobiology division nasa ames research center mail code 245-3 building n245, room 216 p.o. box 1 moffett field, ca 94035-0001 usa [+1] 650.604.6275 (office) [+1] 650.604.6779 (fax) [+1] 650.575.2729 (mobile) jeffery.l.hollingsworth@nasa.gov ========================================= |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mountain View, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 24' 5.83'' N (37.40162°) |
| Longitude | 122° 5' 0.71'' W (-122.08353°) |
| Elevation | 16.504m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-10-06 19:21 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-10-07 02:21 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 104° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 252.03° |
| First azimuth | 44.44° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 52.47° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | Orange, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It broke up into 5 distinct pieces: I thought it was a commercial airline crashing. |