Meteorite Recovery Season - All Over the World
- The Spanish Fireball and Meteorite-Recovery Network -

and to show (since the original 2004 article) the expansion of the all-sky camera Network with this more recent image:

A more recent image showing the coverage of the SPMN!

My original article from 2004 follows below:

So, having said that, I will now be returning to the field. But before I depart, I'll leave you with a link to a web site about another Meteorite-Recovery organization:

The Spanish Fireball and Meteorite-Recovery Network

Unlike the other Meteorite-Recovery Team that I described in an earlier article The Southern Africa Meteorite-Recovery Program, this Spanish team uses an All-Sky-Camera network, known as the Spanish Photographic Meteor Network (SPMN) to track down bolides. There are other networks all over Europe, as well as in Canada. These networks are becoming more and more popular, in fact, some of the newest All-Sky-Camera networks are popping up in the continental United States, and already have produced news-worthy results. Some of these results will be the subject of future "Bob's Findings" articles.

In the meanwhile, for those of you interested in reading more about this Spanish Fireball and Meteorite-Recovery Network, here are some recent results:

The Villalbeto de la Peña meteorite fall: I. Fireball energy, meteorite recovery, strewn field, and petrography

The Villalbeto de la Peña meteorite fall: II. Determination of atmospheric trajectory and orbit

Obtaining meteoroid orbits and physical properties by the SPMN: the case of Villalbeto de la Peña
a presentation by Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, (IEEC, ICE-CSIC)
NOTE: This is a very LARGE file (6,120KB) !!! Very long download time.

Currently operative and future SPMN stations. They are covering several regions with excellent conditions for meteorite recovery. The circles represent the 400-km wide fireball detection areas optimally covered from each station, although the detection limit is about 500 km.

First images of the two first recovered meteorites obtained by Dr. Javier Garcia Guinea (Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales-CSIC).

Impresive image obtained from the Leon mountains by Salvador Diez. For publication this author, Dr. Josep Maria Trigo-Rodríguez, PhD (UCLA), must be mentioned and the Spanish Fireball and Meteorite Recovery Network.

Impressive image obtained by Jesus Martín from Villalbeto de la Peña (Palencia). Image processing and enhancement by Dr. Josep Maria Trigo-Rodríguez, PhD (UCLA). Several explosions throughout the trajectory of the fireball. Notice the presence of low clouds (greenish) which distinguishes clearly after suitable treatment of the image. In case of publication, the image author and the Spanish Fireball and Meteorite Recovery Network (SPMN) must be referred as the source.

The preliminary trajectory as obtained by the Spanish Network of Investigation on Bolides and Meteorites team. For publication the image must mention the source. Click on the image for a large resolution version.

Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40, Nr 6, 795–804 (2005)
"The Villalbeto de la Peña meteorite fall: I. Fireball energy, meteorite recovery, strewn field, and petrography"
Authors: Llorca, Jordi; Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M.; Ortiz, José L.; Docobo, José A.; García-Guinea, Javier; Castro-Tirado, Alberto J.; Rubin, Alan E.; Eugster, Otto; Edwards, Wayne; Laubenstein, Matthias; Casanova, Ignasi
Abstract available online at http://meteoritics.org

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