Sighting in Audun-le-Tiche, August 5, 2009
Moselle, Grand Est, France
Sighting on August 5, 2009 in Audun-le-Tiche (Moselle, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably the planet Jupiter (class B).
What happened
In the night of 5 August 2009, at around 2 a.m., two people at home noticed a very bright, circular object. The main witness filmed it and, while doing so, saw that it was moving horizontally at a very slow pace. The object was located to the left of the full moon.
The investigation, based on the astronomical configuration and an appeal for witnesses, established that the sighting took place on a night with a full moon. That configuration points very probably to the planet Jupiter, which was especially visible at that time of year, with an apparent magnitude of -2.8 and a maximum angular diameter of 48 arc seconds. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as B: probable sighting of Jupiter.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 5, 2009
- Location
- Audun-le-Tiche · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Planets
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-08-02450
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.