Prairie Meteorite Network

Prairie Meteorite Network
Formation 1964[1]
Extinction 1975[2]
Type Camera network
Legal status Defunct
Purpose Record meteorite falls
Region served
Midwestern United States
Parent organization
 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

The Prairie Meteorite Network was a system of sixteen camera stations in Midwestern United States, run by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory[3] from 1964 to 1975. The network used surplus aerocameras with 6.3–12 inch focal length wide angle metrogon lenses that covered a format of 9 x 18 inches on aero roll film. During ten years of network activity only one meteorite fall was recorded, the Lost City meteorite in 1970.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McCrosky, Richard E. (1 May 1965). "The Prairie Meteorite Network". Optical Engineering. 3 (4): 304127. Bibcode:1965SAOSR.173.....M. doi:10.1117/12.7971304.
  2. ↑ "Smithsonian Observatory Prairie Network Meteor Patrol". Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Re: (meteorobs) Prairie Meteor Network Meteorobs.org


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