I read in the news today that many of them in Cochin had seen this fireball around the same time. But what is fascinating to me is the light pattern I saw when the phenomenon occurred. Do fireballs or meteorites cast patterns on the ground when burning and falling? I wonder what it was.
Location
Address
Ernakulam, Kerala (IN)
Latitude
10° 4' 21.67'' N (10.072685°)
Longitude
76° 18' 27.51'' E (76.307642°)
Elevation
12.723419m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-02-27 22:00 IST
UT Date & Time
2015-02-27 16:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down to up
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
328.61°
First azimuth
333.37°
First elevation
51°
Last azimuth
326.83°
Last elevation
49°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-20
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
A loud booming noise something like a thunder very high up in the sky but looked like the sound was spread everywhere in the sky.
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
There was lightening like effect in the sky but no clouds. After that what I saw something like a glowing thing falling above a tree near my house. I believe it could have been a fragment of the fireball? I don't know. But I got distracted by something else. My mother was standing opposite to me at that time and I saw that a pattern had formed on her face and in the bushes nearby caused by the falling light I guess. The pattern looked something like neatly arranged circle lights in multiple rows. It lasted just 2 to 3 seconds.
