Observer | |
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Name | Andrew L |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | I immediately thought that is was a meteorite. I started to doubt myself as I know this a rare event. I thought maybe a firework, but there is no way a firework can have that type of downward trajectory and speed. I just learned that there was a meteor reported northeast of that location, and the direction is was coming from was in the northeast so now it seems like I saw a piece of this meteorite. |
Location | |
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Address | Windsor, Ontario (CA) |
Latitude | 42° 17' 19.97'' N (42.29°) |
Longitude | 82° 55' 29.35'' W (-82.92°) |
Elevation | 182.43m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2020-12-02 12:10 EST |
UT Date & Time | 2020-12-02 17:10 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 145° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 60° |
First azimuth | 60° |
First elevation | 7° |
Last azimuth | 60° |
Last elevation | 6° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -28 |
Color | Orange, Yellow |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 1s |
Length | 10° |
Remarks | I was driving eastward down EC Row in Windsor Ontario. I was at the Jefferson interval. The fireball appeared south of EC row over a field by Coco Paving near lauzon rd. It was coming down fast at a 45 angle. Lasted about 1-2 seconds. There was a smoke trail maybe 20' long in the sky. It was very close to where I was. It glowed orange and yellow, had a smoke trail and seems to just vaporize right before it would have hit the ground. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | It seemed small, but very bright. It did flash before it seemed to vaporize. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | It did look like some other small pieces were around it, but mostly looked like one glowing ball with a smoke trail |