(meteorobs) Mid-Eastern USA Fireball January 27, 2013

[Robert Lunsford]

The American Meteor Society has received 30 reports of a bright meteor that occurred near 2130 (9:30pm EST) on Sunday evening January 27, 2013. Brightness estimates of this fireball vary considerably, but the average lies near magnitude -13, which equals the light produced by the full moon. Every color of the rainbow has been reported with orange and yellow being most mentioned. The area in which this object was seen is extraordinarily large, indicating the possibility that two fireballs may have occurred at a similar time. The witnesses range from mid-New York to northern Georgia and South Carolina. A preliminary flight path indicates this object roughly followed the Mason-Dixon Line westward toward Ohio. No reports have been received over the flight path, perhaps due to cloudy skies? Individual reports may be viewed in the 2013 AMS Fireball Table located at: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/206#top

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society