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dc.contributor.authorSansom, Ellie
dc.contributor.authorBland, Phil
dc.contributor.authorTowner, Martin
dc.contributor.authorDevillepoix, Hadrien
dc.contributor.authorCupak, Martin
dc.contributor.authorHowie, Robert
dc.contributor.authorJansen-Sturgeon, T.
dc.contributor.authorCox, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorHartig, Ben
dc.contributor.authorPaxman, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorBenedix, Gretchen
dc.contributor.authorForman, Lucy
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-28T02:01:52Z
dc.date.available2023-04-28T02:01:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationSansom, E.K. and Bland, P.A. and Towner, M.C. and Devillepoix, H.A.R. and CupÁk, M. and Howie, R.M. and Jansen-Sturgeon, T. et al. 2020. Murrili meteorite’s fall and recovery from Kati Thanda. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 55 (9): pp. 2157-2168.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91789
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/maps.13566
dc.description.abstract

On November 27, 2015, at 10:43:45.526 UTC, a fireball was observed across South Australia by 10 Desert Fireball Network observatories lasting 6.1 s. An ~37 kg meteoroid entered the atmosphere with a speed of 13.68 ± 0.09 km s−1 and was observed ablating from a height of 85 km down to 18 km, having slowed to 3.28 ± 0.21 km s−1. Despite the relatively steep 68.5° trajectory, strong atmospheric winds significantly influenced the darkflight phase and the predicted fall line, but the analysis put the fall site in the center of Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre South. Kati Thanda has meters-deep mud under its salt-encrusted surface. Reconnaissance of the area where the meteorite landed from a low-flying aircraft revealed a 60 cm circular feature in the muddy lake, less than 50 m from the predicted fall line. After a short search, which again employed light aircraft, the meteorite was recovered on December 31, 2015 from a depth of 42 cm. Murrili is the first recovered observed fall by the digital Desert Fireball Network (DFN). In addition to its scientific value, connecting composition to solar system context via orbital data, the recovery demonstrates and validates the capabilities of the DFN, with its next generation remote observatories and automated data reduction pipeline.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170102529
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectPhysical Sciences
dc.subjectGeochemistry & Geophysics
dc.subjectFIREBALL
dc.subjectORBIT
dc.subjectMASS
dc.subjectastro-ph.EP
dc.subjectastro-ph.EP
dc.titleMurrili meteorite’s fall and recovery from Kati Thanda
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume55
dcterms.source.number9
dcterms.source.startPage2157
dcterms.source.endPage2168
dcterms.source.issn1086-9379
dcterms.source.titleMeteoritics and Planetary Science
dc.date.updated2023-04-28T02:01:30Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
curtin.departmentSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidDevillepoix, Hadrien [0000-0001-9226-1870]
curtin.contributor.orcidSansom, Ellie [0000-0003-2702-673X]
curtin.contributor.orcidBland, Phil [0000-0002-4681-7898]
curtin.contributor.orcidTowner, Martin [0000-0002-8240-4150]
curtin.contributor.orcidHowie, Robert [0000-0002-5864-105X]
curtin.contributor.orcidPaxman, Jonathan [0000-0002-5671-9992]
curtin.contributor.orcidForman, Lucy [0000-0002-5759-6517]
curtin.contributor.orcidBenedix, Gretchen [0000-0003-0990-8878]
curtin.contributor.orcidCupak, Martin [0000-0003-2193-0867]
curtin.contributor.researcheridBland, Phil [M-9392-2018]
curtin.contributor.researcheridBenedix, Gretchen [L-1953-2018]
dcterms.source.eissn1945-5100
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curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridForman, Lucy [56702241200]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridBenedix, Gretchen [6603638882]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridCupak, Martin [56460108800]
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