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Photographic Fireball Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ian Halliday
Ian Halliday*
Affiliation:
National Research Council of CanadaOttawa, Ontario

Abstract

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Three networks for the photography of bright fireballs are now in operation; in the central United States, central Europe and western Canada. A detailed comparison is made of the parameters which describe the three networks. Although only two meteorites for which photographic orbital data is available have been recovered, the networks are contributing valuable data on fireball orbits, influx rates and problems of meteor physics.

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