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06-01-2016, 09:42 PM
A Curtin University project entitled the Desert Fireball Network (DFN)
uses an array of digital cameras in the outback deserts of Australia to
detect and track meteors.
The results from the various cameras can then be combined to triangulate
where the meteorite had landed.
The team has announced they have successfully recovered a 1.7kg
meteorite from the dry bed of Lake Eyre, their first successful result.
ABC reports -
More importantly, because the team have the images of the meteor from
the various cameras that detected its flash, they can get a good fix on
its original orbit and hence its origins.
Story and video on ABC here -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-06/ancient-meteorite-found-at-lake-eyre-by-curtin-university-team/7071952
Fireballs In The Sky web site here -
http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/
Report a fireball here by downloading the reporting app or by reporting the
sighting on the web -
http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/report-a-fireball/
Interested in doing a PhD with the Desert Fireball Network? -
http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/meet-team/
uses an array of digital cameras in the outback deserts of Australia to
detect and track meteors.
The results from the various cameras can then be combined to triangulate
where the meteorite had landed.
The team has announced they have successfully recovered a 1.7kg
meteorite from the dry bed of Lake Eyre, their first successful result.
ABC reports -
More importantly, because the team have the images of the meteor from
the various cameras that detected its flash, they can get a good fix on
its original orbit and hence its origins.
Story and video on ABC here -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-06/ancient-meteorite-found-at-lake-eyre-by-curtin-university-team/7071952
Fireballs In The Sky web site here -
http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/
Report a fireball here by downloading the reporting app or by reporting the
sighting on the web -
http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/report-a-fireball/
Interested in doing a PhD with the Desert Fireball Network? -
http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/meet-team/