The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system

AJ King, L Daly, J Rowe, KH Joy, RC Greenwood… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system
are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous …

FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids

F Colas, B Zanda, S Bouley, S Jeanne… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Until recently, camera networks designed for monitoring fireballs worldwide were
not fully automated, implying that in case of a meteorite fall, the recovery campaign was …

The global meteor network–methodology and first results

D Vida, D Šegon, PS Gural, PG Brown… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Global Meteor Network (GMN) utilizes highly sensitive low-cost CMOS
video cameras which run open-source meteor detection software on Raspberry Pi …

The Winchcombe fireball—That lucky survivor

S McMullan, D Vida, HAR Devillepoix… - … & planetary science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On February 28, 2021, a fireball dropped∼ 0.6 kg of recovered CM2 carbonaceous
chondrite meteorites in South‐West England near the town of Winchcombe. We reconstruct …

Accurate 3D fireball trajectory and orbit calculation using the 3D-firetoc automatic Python code

E Peña-Asensio, JM Trigo-Rodríguez… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The disruption of asteroids and comets produces cm-sized meteoroids that end up impacting
the Earth's atmosphere and producing bright fireballs that might have associated shock …

Observation of meteors from space with the Mini-EUSO detector on board the International Space Station

D Barghini, M Battisti, A Belov, M Bertaina… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Observations of meteors in the Earth's atmosphere offer a unique tool for
determining the flux of meteoroids that are too small to be detected by direct telescopic …

The fusion crust of the Winchcombe meteorite: A preserved record of atmospheric entry processes

MJ Genge, L Alesbrook, NV Almeida… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fusion crusts form during the atmospheric entry heating of meteorites and preserve a record
of the conditions that occurred during deceleration in the atmosphere. The fusion crust of the …

Recovery and curation of the Winchcombe (CM2) meteorite

SS Russell, AJ King, HC Bates… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Winchcombe meteorite fell on February 28, 2021 and was the first recovered meteorite
fall in the UK for 30 years, and the first UK carbonaceous chondrite. The meteorite was …

Geophysical Observations of the 2023 September 24 OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule Reentry

EA Silber, DC Bowman, CG Carr… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Sample return capsules (SRCs) entering Earth's atmosphere at hypervelocity from
interplanetary space are a valuable resource for studying meteor phenomena. The 2023 …

Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud

D Vida, PG Brown, HAR Devillepoix, P Wiegert… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The Oort cloud is thought to be a reservoir of icy planetesimals and the source of long-period
comets (LPCs) implanted from the outer Solar System during the time of giant-planet …