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Finding meteorites with 10cm NEXRAD weather radar

62 points by tectonic 7y ago

ISL 7y ago
This article, linked from within the NEXRAD article, is also super cool: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/up-on-the-roof-a-handful-of-urban-stardust/ https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/up-on-the-roof-a-hand...
- jcims 7y ago
  Definitely suggest anyone even remotely interested quickly click on this link and scan through the images. You'll slow down pretty quickly.
ekingr 7y ago
On a similar note, there was this video from the Verge on collecting roof-top micro-meteorites that was quite interesting to follow: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18211112/meteorites-space-dust-micrometeorites-metal-rock-tiny-how-to-find https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18211112/meteorites-space-...
oliveshell 7y ago
I’m familiar with radar showing swarms of insects or migratory birds, but meteor trails?! Very cool. Sadly, the article mentions that the radar network seems to have been re-tuned since 2012 and now only rarely shows meteors. There are other ways to do it, though— you can set up your own meteor-detecting camera and register it with the American Meteor Society if you want to contribute data: https://www.amsmeteors.org/cameras/ https://www.amsmeteors.org/cameras/
pugworthy 7y ago
I'm always amazed when people figure out how to find new and interesting data from existing systems. Whether it's something like this, or say sniffing keyboard strokes from audio, a lot of times the information you need is right there, you just need to think outside the box about how to see it.
cbsks 7y ago
As an aside, it makes me happy to see a website which has so thoroughly embraced the "hypertext" in HTML. I could easily spend an hour reading this article and diving into the links. I just subscribed!
- JetSpiegel 7y ago
  https://orbitalindex.com/feed.xml https://orbitalindex.com/feed.xml There's even an hidden RSS feed.
fudged71 7y ago
The sky camera network is something I had been thinking about for a long time. I’m glad to see it’s real! Only a handful here in Canada... it would be fun to have one set up (send me one? :)

62 points by tectonic 7y ago

ISL 7y ago

This article, linked from within the NEXRAD article, is also super cool: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/up-on-the-roof-a-handful-of-urban-stardust/ https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/up-on-the-roof-a-hand...

jcims 7y ago
Definitely suggest anyone even remotely interested quickly click on this link and scan through the images. You'll slow down pretty quickly.

ekingr 7y ago

On a similar note, there was this video from the Verge on collecting roof-top micro-meteorites that was quite interesting to follow: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18211112/meteorites-space-dust-micrometeorites-metal-rock-tiny-how-to-find https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18211112/meteorites-space-...

oliveshell 7y ago

I’m familiar with radar showing swarms of insects or migratory birds, but meteor trails?! Very cool. Sadly, the article mentions that the radar network seems to have been re-tuned since 2012 and now only rarely shows meteors. There are other ways to do it, though— you can set up your own meteor-detecting camera and register it with the American Meteor Society if you want to contribute data: https://www.amsmeteors.org/cameras/ https://www.amsmeteors.org/cameras/

pugworthy 7y ago

I'm always amazed when people figure out how to find new and interesting data from existing systems. Whether it's something like this, or say sniffing keyboard strokes from audio, a lot of times the information you need is right there, you just need to think outside the box about how to see it.

cbsks 7y ago

As an aside, it makes me happy to see a website which has so thoroughly embraced the "hypertext" in HTML. I could easily spend an hour reading this article and diving into the links. I just subscribed!

JetSpiegel 7y ago
https://orbitalindex.com/feed.xml https://orbitalindex.com/feed.xml There's even an hidden RSS feed.

fudged71 7y ago

The sky camera network is something I had been thinking about for a long time. I’m glad to see it’s real! Only a handful here in Canada... it would be fun to have one set up (send me one? :)