Event: 20190201-030240
Three NASA fireball cameras located in southern Arizona detected a bright meteor at 8:03 PM Mountain Standard Time (2019 February 1 03:03 UTC). The fireball - which was produced by an asteroidal fragment about 10 inches in diameter moving with an average speed of 24,500 miles per hour - was first detected at an altitude of 43 miles above the Arizona town of Poston. It ablated at an altitude of 20 miles above the Maricopa Mountains, southwest of Phoenix. This event was unusual in that the meteor had a very shallow atmospheric entry angle of just over 10 degrees and lasted a very long time - approximately 15 seconds; Most meteors have durations between 1 and 3 seconds.
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Event Data
| Event ID | 20190201-030240 |
| Date (UTC) | Feb. 1, 2019 |
| Time (UTC) | 03:02:40 |
| AMS Event | 511-2019 |
| NASA Camera Start Lat/Lon | +33.907, -114.223 |
| NASA Camera End Lat/Lon | +33.026, -112.554 |
| NASA Camera Altitude | 69.8 km → 32.2 km ( 43.4 miles→ 20.0 miles) |
| NASA Camera Speed | 10.9 km/s (24,500 mph) |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +33.721, -113.460 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +33.031, -113.127 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 110.1 km → 99.8 km ( 68.4 miles→ 62.0 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 19.1 km/s (42,700 mph) |