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The Prairie Meteorite Network was a system of sixteen camera stations in
Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...
, run by the Smithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryRe: (meteorobs) Prairie Meteor Network
Meteorobs.org from 1964 to 1975. The network used surplus aerocameras with 6.3–12 inch focal length wide angle
metrogon Metrogon is a high resolution, low-distortion, extra-wide field (90 degree field of view) photographic lens design, popularized by Bausch and Lomb. Variations of this design are said to have been used extensively by the US military for use in aerial ...
lenses that covered a format of 9 x 18 inches on aero roll film. During ten years of network activity only one
meteorite fall A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "find". There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in ...
was recorded, the
Lost City meteorite Lost City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 770 at the 2010 census, a 4.8 percent decline from the figure of 809 recorded in 2000. It was the site of th ...
in 1970.


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Glossary of meteoritics This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites. # * 2 Pallas – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CR meteorites. * 4 Vesta – second-largest asteroid in the asteroid b ...
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European Fireball Network European Fireball Network is an international organization based in Central Europe (Germany and Czech Republic). Its purpose is systematic and simultaneous night observation of meteors and other nebular objects. Description The network was initia ...


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