Advanced digital fireball observatories: Enabling the expansion of the desert fireball network

Author

Howie, Robert M. ; Paxman, J. ; Bland, P.A. ; Towner, M.C. ; Cupak, Martin ; Sansom, Eleanor K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Curtin Univ., Perth, WA, Australia

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The Desert Fireball Network (DFN) is an Australian Research Council project designed to track fireballs over approximately one third of Australia. Meteorites with a known orbit, detected and recovered through fireball networks such as the DFN, provide information about the formation and history of the Solar System. The requirements and design of an Advanced Digital Fireball Observatory (ADFO) are presented alongside the design challenges and results of field testing. The deployment of over 60 ADFOs will allow the construction of a flexible continental scale planetary science installation producing high quality all-sky data for meteorite recovery and other uses.

Keywords

astronomical instruments; meteorites; meteors; solar system; Advanced Digital Fireball Observatory; Australian Research Council project; Desert Fireball Network; design challenges; field testing; flexible continental scale planetary science installation; high quality all-sky data; meteorite recovery; solar system formation; solar system history; Assembly; Cameras; Films; Lenses; Observatories; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929859

Filename

6929859