(meteorobs) tracking a meteor

[drobnock]

With the discussion on tracking and triangulation to locate meteorites,
it would appear the other part of the equation is a field large enough
to "catch" the meteorite once it falls to earth.

>From the Times of India

"An international team, led by Phil Bland of Imperial College London,
has spotted not only a tiny meteorite on the Nullarbor Plain, but also
its orbit and the asteroid it came from, using cameras which capture
fireballs streaking across the night sky and mathematics, the 'Science'
journal reported.

The astronomers deployed three "all sky cameras" on the Nullarbor Plain
to form a fireball camera network. The cameras take a single time lapse
picture of the sky throughout the entire night to record any fireballs
over the Plain.

Combined with some clever mathematics, they were then able to calculate
the original orbit of the object and where to search for the meteorite
on the ground."

 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/science/Astronomers-spot-meteorite-on-vast-Nullabor-Plain-/articleshow/5036730.cms

George John Drobnock