[meteorite-list] Subaru Astronomers Measure Meteoroid Tunnels inEarth's Atmosphere

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Wed Sep 12 01:04:13 EDT 2007


Meteors can already be easily and cheaply tracked with great accuracy. 
The problem is that no matter how accurately you know where the meteor 
was, it's generally not possible to determine with much accuracy where 
any possible meteorites might have landed.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
To: <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Subaru Astronomers Measure Meteoroid 
Tunnels inEarth's Atmosphere


> Very cool!
>
> Perhaps with a little adapting, every future meteor could be 
> triangulated with great accuracy to the ground...?
> The meteorite-science community could get the edge on hunts!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete




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