Reports Report 2313m (Event 2313-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rosario G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It was pretty AMAZING and SCARY to see this meteor!!!! My nephew and I were driving and I pointed out what I thought was a shooting star until we realized it just kept going, it was inside the atmosphere and on fire! It looked pretty big so hopefully it ended up in the ocean!! I even jumped out of my car to see it! I thought of getting a video with my phone, but I could not take my eyes off it to start recording! It was going towards the horizon and very fast but it disappeared behind a house! I looked at the sky for a while longer to see if I saw any others, but I didn't see more... I made a post on Facebook about what we saw and one of my friends said she also saw it while driving... |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Richmond West, FL |
| Latitude | 25° 35' 55.59'' N (25.598774°) |
| Longitude | 80° 24' 59.47'' W (-80.41652°) |
| Elevation | 1.659671m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-12-29 22:25 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-12-30 03:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈10s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 225° |
| First elevation | 78° |
| Last azimuth | 140° |
| Last elevation | 4° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, Orange, Yellow, White - First white like a star, then started to get greenish and yellows and reds. Looked like it was on fire.... |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | It was a small train, right behind it, like fire or flames behind it with a greenish tint... Sky was very dark so I only saw what was glowing... |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was like a ball was on fire... It did flash and get bigger as it got closer to the horizon.. Not sure if it was an explosion.... |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |