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Meteoroids are space rocks that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, or that of another planet, at high speed and burn up, they’re called meteors. When you see lots if meteors, you’re watching a meteor shower.
- Eyes in Space
- Weather Radars
- The Search
- The Value of Open Data
Finding meteorites is not an easy task. There is a network of high-quality ground-based sensors called the Global Fireball Observatory, but it only covers about 1% of the planet. The US satellite data published by NASA covers a much larger area than ground-based detectors, but it only picks up the biggest fireballs. What's more, they don't always g...
In 2019, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology started making its weather radar data openly availableto researchers and the public. I saw this as an opportunity to complete the puzzle. I combed through the record of events from the Desert Fireball Network and NASA, and cross-matched them with nearby weather radars. Then I looked for unusual radar signa...
I gave what I hoped was an accurate treasure map to my colleague Andy Tomkins from Monash University. In September this year, he happened to be driving past the site on his way back from an expedition in the Nullarbor. Thankfully, Andy found the first meteorite within 10 minutes of looking. In the following two hours, his team found nine more. The ...
This find was only made possible by the free availability of crucial data—and the people who made it available. The US satellites that detected the fireball are presumably there to detect missile and rocket launches. However, somebody (I don't know who) must have figured out how to publish some of the satellite datawithout giving away too much abou...
Aug 9, 2008 · Satellites & Meteorites: Directed by Rick Larkin. With Joanne Crawford, Adam Fergus, Susan Fitzgerald, Amy Huberman. Lucinda and Daniel start a slow romance just as the worst meteor showers in history rain down on Earth.
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Jan 25, 2019 · These space rocks range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. But for the common, tiny ones, we generally only know they exist when they burn up in the atmosphere, leaving brief, blazing streaks of light. These “shooting stars” are technically called meteors once they enter the atmosphere.
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ARES. METEORITES 101. HOW TO FIND METEORITES. This is a step-by-step guide on how to locate meteorite falls using weather radar. The best approach is to have several people using this technique, and then to share their findings to reach a consensus on whether or not they have a searchable event.
