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, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

, 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 The focal length of an Optics, optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light; it is the Multiplicative inverse, inverse of the system's optical power. A positive focal length indicates that a system Converge ...

wide angle metrogon lenses that covered a format of 9 x 18 inches on aero roll film. During ten years of network activity only one meteorite fall was recorded, the Lost City meteorite in 1970.

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Meteorite organizations History of science and technology in the United States Former buildings and structures in the United States 1964 establishments in the United States 1975 establishments in the United States {{observatory-stub

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