Observer |
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Name | Robin C |
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Experience Level | 3/5 |
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Remarks | This was one of the brighter fireballs I've witnessed in the last ten years. |
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Location |
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Address | Gainesville, FL |
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Latitude | 29° 41' 22.6'' N (29.69°) |
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Longitude | 82° 23' 6.67'' W (-82.39°) |
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Elevation | 48.73m |
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Time and Duration |
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Local Date & Time | 2018-10-06 22:22 EDT |
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UT Date & Time | 2018-10-07 02:22 UT |
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Duration | ≈3.5s |
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Direction |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
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Descent Angle | 251° |
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Moving |
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Facing azimuth | 84° |
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First azimuth | 86° |
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First elevation | 20° |
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Last azimuth | 85° |
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Last elevation | 17° |
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Brightness and color |
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Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
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Color | White to very Green |
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Concurrent Sound |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Delayed Sound |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Persistent train |
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Observation | Yes |
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Duration | 2s |
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Length | 10° |
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Remarks | Glowing sparkly trail that disappeared quickly. No smoke. |
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Terminal flash |
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Observation | Unknown |
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Remarks | - |
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Fragmentation |
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Observation | Yes |
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Remarks | There seemed to be a small bit of fragmentation before a bright flash of green at the end. Then it went behind trees and we couldn't see the rest. |
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