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Observation of metre-scale impactors by the Desert Fireball Network
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Philip A. Bland, Eleanor K. Sansom +6
The Earth is impacted by 35-40 metre-scale objects every year. These meteoroids are the low mass end of impactors that can do damage on the ground. Despite this they are very poorl…
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The Dingle Dell meteorite: a Halloween treat from the Main Belt
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Philip A. Bland +8
We describe the fall of the Dingle Dell (L/LL 5) meteorite near Morawa in Western Australia on October 31, 2016. The fireball was observed by six observatories of the Desert Fireba…
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3D Meteoroid Trajectories
Eleanor K. Sansom, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Mark G. Rutten +7
Meteoroid modelling of fireball data typically uses a one dimensional model along a straight line triangulated trajectory. The assumption of a straight line trajectory has been con…