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

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:04:13 -0600
Message-ID: <01ec01c7f4fa$64e614b0$0a01a8c0_at_bellatrix>

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

*****************************************
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
Received on Wed 12 Sep 2007 01:04:13 AM PDT