Reports Report 793w (Event 793-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amy R |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I am open to the idea that it could have been something else, but I truly have never seen anything like this before. I have watched meteor showers before & I did see the far off fragments of the space shuttle breaking apart,not realizing what they were. This object was faster and seemed very close, relatively speaking. It had a somewhat deliberate path (if that makes any sense. I would love to know if others saw this & if this was really a meteorite. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rockwall, TX |
| Latitude | 32° 54' 24.59'' N (32.90683°) |
| Longitude | 96° 26' 55.69'' W (-96.448803°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-06-05 22:12 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-06-06 03:12 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 343.1376° |
| First azimuth | 8.08364° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 5.56094° |
| Last elevation | 65° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | White, then green briefly |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Appeared as a very bright light/object in the sky streaking toward the earth approximately 15-20 degrees of vertical in a southwest direction. It turned green briefly & then became white again before exploding or disintegrating. Any fragmentation was very very brief. You could kind of tell that it broke apart in some way but there were no lasting visible pieces. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |