Observer | |
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Name | Peter B |
Experience Level | 4/5 |
Remarks | I'd like to emphasize the unusual length of time that this fireball persisted. It first caught my eye at the kitchen window before moving behind cover and out of view; the time it took me to dash outside to an open horizon and regain line-of-sight was about 12 seconds (based on a retracing of steps); I continued to observe the fireball for another 10 seconds until it dissipated. Its speed was constant and "unhurried." The fireball may have originated some time before it first caught my attention; I do not know. |
Location | |
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Address | Wooster, OH |
Latitude | 40° 47' 52.43'' N (40.8°) |
Longitude | 82° 1' 54.24'' W (-82.03°) |
Elevation | 359.6m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2021-10-20 00:43 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2021-10-20 04:43 UT |
Duration | ≈20s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 94° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 311.87° |
First azimuth | 272.39° |
First elevation | 12° |
Last azimuth | 344.8° |
Last elevation | 4° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
Color | Orange, Yellow |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 30s |
Length | 10° |
Remarks | A glowing trail of golden yellow, slightly fuzzy or crackly, following behind the moving fireball at a consistent length for the fireball's entire observed movement across the sky. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | As the fireball approached the terminus of my line of sight at the horizon, it rapidly fragmented into three or four break-away segments, still clustered, that dissolved in puffs of ember-sparks. |