Observer | |
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Name | Thomas R |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | Duration was right around 5 seconds or so, but maybe less, since I didn't time it and it seemed oddly close, as if it was going to land just a few hundred yards north of the cell towers near the Fairfax Station Train Museum. It also almost seemed slow, as if it were at most traveling no faster than a plane, 450 knots or so, but it was definitely a fireball, that flamed out just as it neared the ground. Windows were closed in my truck, but heard no sonic boom or sound of passage. |
Location | |
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Address | Fairfax Station, VA |
Latitude | 38° 47' 7.79'' N (38.785496°) |
Longitude | 77° 19' 37.59'' W (-77.327108°) |
Elevation | 127.476m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-03-21 20:40 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2017-03-22 00:40 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 189° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 342° |
First azimuth | 359° |
First elevation | 85° |
Last azimuth | 342° |
Last elevation | 11° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
Color | White - sort of, I'm color blind to shades, so it might have been pale yellowish or pinkish and I couldn't tell - sorry! |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |