Observer | |
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Name | pete G |
Experience Level | 4/5 |
Remarks | I was looking west and saw an appearance of a light fast approaching, thought it was the space station, It was moving very fast for a plane or space station, then the light grew brighter and brighter till it moved directly in front of me at a 45 degree angle and exploded into a fireball (very bright) and broke into 3 pieces, then slowly breaking into several pieces leaving a long contrail, It broke up like it could have been space junk re-entering. No sound. I viewed it from horizon to horizon. Pretty Amazing. |
Location | |
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Address | Sun City Center, FL |
Latitude | 27° 43' 8.72'' N (27.72°) |
Longitude | 82° 20' 44.28'' W (-82.35°) |
Elevation | 16.68m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2019-07-03 02:16 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2019-07-03 06:16 UT |
Duration | ≈20s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From down left to up right |
Descent Angle | 75° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 244.43° |
First azimuth | 236.39° |
First elevation | 45° |
Last azimuth | 282.15° |
Last elevation | 49° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
Color | White |
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 | 30° |
Remarks | glowing, broke into 5-6 pieces leaving long trails |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | low light streaking, then brighter fireball breaking into several pieces |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | center fireball broke into several pieces, a large center with two pieces following, breaking into several pieces, basically from horizon to horizon west to east |