Sightings2007

Bunburra Rockhole: first meteorite recovered by the Desert Fireball Network

When: 20 Jul 2007
Where: Nullarbor Plain, Australia
Sources: 2 public sources

A Desert Fireball Network camera station, the kind that tracked the Bunburra Rockhole fall Rmhowie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cameras of Australia's Desert Fireball Network photographed a fireball over the Nullarbor Plain, letting researchers compute its path and orbit. Searchers found the first stones near the predicted spot in October 2008; the rock proved an unusual basaltic meteorite.

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OtherThe Bunburra Rockhole meteorite fall in SW Australia: fireball trajectory, luminosity, dynamics, orbit, and impact position from photographic and photoelectric records (opens in a new tab)Meteoritics and Planetary Science (Spurny, Bland et al.), via Curtin University repository / 2011-12-31
OtherCamera Network Spies Anomalous Meteorite (opens in a new tab)Universe Today

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