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Article Number | A53 | |
Number of page(s) | 23 | |
Section | Planets and planetary systems | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038649 | |
Published online | 02 December 2020 |
FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids
1 IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8028, Sorbonne Université, Université de Lille, 77 av. Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
2 Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7590, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
3 GEOPS-Géosciences, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
4 Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CNES, LAM, Marseille, France
5 Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, Coll France, INRA, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
6 Aix -Marseille Université, CNRS, OSU Institut Pythéas UMR 3470 Marseille, France
7 Service Informatique Pythéas (SIP) CNRS – OSU Institut Pythéas – UMS 3470, Marseille, France
8 IAS, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
9 FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation) and Vigie-Ciel Team, France
10 INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino – Via Osservatorio 20, 10025 Pino Torinese, TO, Italy
11 Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Pietro Giuria 1, Università degli Studi di Torino, 10125 Torino, TO, Italy
12 INAF - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, BO, Italy
13 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste Via Giambattista Tiepolo 11, 10134 Trieste, TS, Italy
14 Università degli Studi di Firenze – Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Via Giorgio La Pira, 4, 50121 Firenze, FI, Italy
15 Osservatorio Astronomico del Righi Via Mura delle Chiappe 44R, 16136 Genova, GE, Italy
16 Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan / Espace pour la vie, Montréal, Québec, Canada
17 Réseau DOME, (Détection et Observation de Météores / Detection and Observation of Meteors), Canada
18 Division for Medical Radiation Physics and Space Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
19 Dep. Física Aplicada I, Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
20 Aula EspaZio Gela, Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
21 Università degli Studi di Firenze – Museo di Storia Naturale Via Giorgio La Pira, 4, 50121 Firenze, FI, Italy
22 INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, RM, Italy
23 CNR – Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara Via Madonna del Piano, 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
24 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, PD, Italy
25 INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, BO, Italy
26 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo Via Mentore Maggini snc, Loc. Collurania, 64100 Teramo, TE, Italy
27 INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
28 INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, FI, Italy
29 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari Via della Scienza 5, 09047 Cuccuru Angius, Selargius, CA, Italy
30 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera Via Brera 28, 20121 Milano, MI, Italy
31 FRIPON-Chile, Universidad de Antofagasta, 1270300 Antofagasta, Chile
32 Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
33 FRIPON-Belgium, Royal observatory of Belgium, Uccle, Belgium
34 SPMN (SPanish Meteor Network), Facultat de Ciències, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
35 FRIPON-Netherlands, European Space Agency, SCI-SC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
36 PRISMA (Prima Rete per la Sorveglianza sistematica di Meteore e Atmosfera), Italy
37 MOROI (Meteorites Orbits Reconstruction by Optical Imaging) Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
38 Oukaimeden Observatory, High Energy Physics and Astrophysics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
39 BRAMON (Brazilian Meteor Observation Network), National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
40 FRIPON-Germany, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
41 FRIPON-Switzerland
42 Università di Padova – Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 3, 35122 Padova, PD, Italy
43 Universciences, 30 avenue Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris, France
44 REFORME (REseau Français d’ObseRvation de MEtéore) France
45 SCAMP (System for Capture of Asteroid and Meteorite Paths), FRIPON, UK
46 Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
47 Cosmos Sterrenwacht, 7635 NK Lattrop, The Netherlands
48 Cyclops Observatory, 4356 CE Oostkapelle, The Netherlands
49 KVI – Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
50 Leiden Observatory, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
51 European Space Agency, OPS-SP, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
52 International Meteor Organization, Belgium
53 Espace des Sciences, Planétarium, Rennes, France
54 Université de technologie de Compiègne, (Multi-scale modeling of urban systems), Centre Pierre Guillaumat – Université de Technologie de Compiègne, 60200 Compiègne, France
55 Lycée Saint-Paul, 12 allée Gabriel Deshayes, 56017 Vannes, France
56 Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, 18330 Nançay, France
57 GISFI, Rue Nicolas Copernic, 54310 Homécourt, France
58 Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563 CNRS, IRD et Université de Toulouse, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
59 FRIPON, Algeria
60 Cerap – Planétarium de Belfort, Cité des associations 90000 Belfort, France
61 Club d’Astronomie du FLEP – La rampisolle 24660 Coulounieix-Chamiers, France
62 Les Editions du Piat, Glavenas, 43200 Saint-Julien-du-Pinet, France
63 Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, 38400 Saint-Martin d’Hères, France
64 Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
65 Geneva Observatory, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
66 PALEVOPRIM (Laboratoire Paléontologie Evolution Paléo Écosystèmes Paléoprimatologie), (iPHEP, UMR-CNRS 7262), UFR SFA, Université de Poitiers, 86022 Poitiers, France
67 LPG-BIAF Faculté des sciences Géologie 49045 - Poitiers France
68 FRIPON-Morocco
69 Observatoire Astronomique de Valcourt, 52100 Valcourt, France
70 Planétarium LUDIVER, 1700, rue de la libération Tonneville 50460 La Hague, France
71 Association Astronomique de Belle-Ile-en-mer 56360 Bangor, France
72 Le Planétarium Roannais 42153 Riorges, France
73 Faculty of Physics, Bucharest University, 405 Atomistilor, 077125 Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
74 Groupe Astronomique de Querqueville, 50460 Cherbourg en Cotentin, France
75 Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS/Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté Dijon, France
76 Société astronomique du Haut Rhin – 68570 Osenbach, France
77 European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
78 Observatoire de Gramat, 46500 Gramat, France
79 Carrefour des Sciences et des Arts, 46000 Cahors, France
80 Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, IRD, OPGC, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
81 INU champollion dphe, Place de verdun, 81000 Albi, France
82 Observatório Nacional/MCTI, R. General José Cristino 77, Rio de Janeiro – RJ 20921-400, Brazil
83 Stella Mare – Universta di Corsica – CNRS - 20620 Biguglia, France
84 Association Astronomique “Les têtes en l’air”, Marigny, France
85 Pôle des étoiles, Route de Souesmes, 18330 Nançay, France
86 LPC2E, University of Orleans, CNRS, Orléans, France
87 FRIPON - Peru
88 CRPG – CNRS, 15 Rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, 54500 Vand œuvre-lès-Nancy, France
89 Observatoire de la Lèbe, Chemin des étoiles, 01260 Valromey-sur-Séran, France
90 Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Armagh, UK
91 Laboratoire Géosciences Appliquées à l’ingénierie de l’Aménagement GAIA - Université Hassan II de Casablanca, Faculté des Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Marocco
92 Shelyak Instruments, 77 Rue de Chartreuse, 38420 Le Versoud, France
93 Parc du Cosmos, 30133 Les Angles, France
94 Écomusée de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel, 50300 Vains Saint-Léonard, France
95 Association Science en Aveyron, 12000 Rodez, France
96 CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, PIIM UMR 7345, Marseille, France
97 Observatoire de Narbonne, 11100 Narbonne, France
98 Muséum des Volcans 15000 Aurillac, France
99 Académie des sciences – Institut de France - Château Observatoire Abbadia - 64700 Hendaye, France
100 Brasserie Meteor, 6 Rue Lebocq 67270 Hochfelden, France
101 Astro-Centre Yonne, 77 bis rue émile tabarant Laroche 89400 St Cydroine, France
102 Communauté de Communes du Canton d’Oust 5 chemin de Trésors, 09140 Seix, France
103 Société Astronomique de Touraine Le Ligoret 37130 Tauxigny-Saint Bauld, France
104 Observatoire de Dax, Rue Pascal Lafitte 40100 Dax, France
105 Mairie, 4 Place de l’Église 36230 Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet, France
106 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
107 Lycée Xavier marmier- 25300 Pontarlier, France
108 Université de Technologie de Troyes (UTT) 10004 Troyes, France
109 Lycée Polyvalent d’Etat, 20137 Porto-Vecchio, France
110 Communauté de communes de Bassin d’Aubenas 07200 Ucel. France
111 Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine (Shom), 29200 Brest, France
112 Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C), UMR6143, Université de Caen, 14000 Caen, France
113 FRIPON-Austria
114 GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 61 Avenue de l’Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
115 Pôle d’accueil universitaire Séolane, 04400 Barcelonnette, France
116 Observatoire Populaire de Laval - Planétarium 53320 Laval, France
117 Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
118 Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique, Université Grenoble Alpes 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France
119 Laboratoire GSMA, UMR CNRS 7331, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51687 Reims, France
120 École d’ingénieurs en Sciences Industrielles et Numérique – Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne 08000 Charleville-Mézières, France
121 Lycée Robespierre, 62000 Arras, France
122 Cité du Volcan, Bourg Murat 97418 Plaine des Cafres 97421, Ile de La Réunion, France
123 Observatoire des Makes, Les Makes, 97421 Saint-Louis, Ile de la La Réunion, France
124 Observatoire du Maido, OSU-Réunion, CNRS, 97460 Saint Paul, Ile de la Réunion, France
125 FRIPON Vigie-Ciel, Ile de la Réunion, France
126 Observatoire du Pic des Fées, Mont des oiseaux 83400 Hyères, France
127 Association AstroLab 48190 Le Bleymard, France
128 E.P.S.A. Etablissement public des stations d’altitude 64570 La Pierre Saint Martin, France
129 Observatoire de Boisricheux 28130 Pierres, France
130 Association d’astronomie du pays Royannais: Les Céphéides 17200 Royan, France
131 Observatoire de Rouen 76000 Rouen, France
132 Communauté de Communes du Pays Châtillonnais 21400 Châtillon-sur-Seine, France
133 Space sciences, Technologies Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, Université de Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium
134 IUT Chalon sur Saône, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône, France
135 136 Kepler-Gesellschaft, 71263 Weil der Stadt, Germany
136 Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
137 Lycée Polyvalent Robert Garnier, 72405 La Ferté Bernard, France
138 Observatoire des Pléiades, Les Perrots, 26760 Beaumont lès Valence, France
139 CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon, France
140 Uranoscope, Avenue Carnot 7, 77220 Gretz-Armainvilliers, France
141 Observatoire de Haute Provence-Institut Pythéas, CNRS – Aix-Marseille Université, 04870 Saint Michel l’Observatoire, France
142 High Enthalpy Flow Diagnostics Group, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
143 Club Ajaccien des Amateurs d’Astronomie, Centre de recherche scientifique Georges Peri 20000 Ajaccio, France
144 Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UMR6112, CNRS, Université Nantes, Université Angers, Nantes, France
145 Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences UMR 8187, 62930 Wimereux, France
146 Blois Sologne Astronomie 41250 Fontaines-en-Sologne, France
147 Planétarium d’Epinal, 88000 Épinal, France
148 Institut UTINAM UMR 6213, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, OSU THETA, 25010 Besançon, France
149 Arbeitskreis Meteoree. V, Abenstalstr. 13b 84072 Seysdorf, Germany
150 La Ferme des Etoiles, 32380 Mauroux, France
151 Bibracte, Centre archéologique, 58370 Glux-en-Glenne, France
152 Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, UMR-CNRS 5299, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France
153 Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UMR 6112, CNRS - Département de Géosciences, Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France
154 Récréa Sciences (CCSTI du Limousin) 23200 Aubusson, France
155 Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA), Universidad de Antofagasta, 1270300 Antofagasta, Chile
156 Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 040557, Romania
157 Planetarium Pythagoras Via Margherita Hack, 89125 Reggio Calabria, RC, Italy
158 Observatoire astronomique jurassien, Chemin Des Ecoles 21, 2824 Vicques, Switzerland
159 Le Don Saint 19380 Bonnet Elvert, France
160 Mairie, Le Village, 66360 Mantet, France
161 Planetarium de Bretagne, 22560 Pleumeur Bodou, France
162 Club St Quentin Astronomie, 02100 Saint Quentin, France
163 MAYA (Moulins Avermes Yzeure Astronomie) 03000 Moulins, France
164 Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planète, Environnement, UMR CNRS 5276 (CNRS, ENS, Université Lyon1), Lyon, France
165 IRAP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES, Toulouse, France
166 Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICC-UB-IEEC), 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
167 Parc Astronòmic Montsec - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Ager 25691, Spain
168 Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne, 33380 Belin-Béliet, France
169 Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR 7293, CNRS, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
170 Association Pierre de Lune, 87600 Rochechouart, France
171 Hotel De Ville, Plaine De Cavarc, 47330 Cavarc, France
172 Planète et Minéral Association, 16 rue d’aussières 11200 Bizanet, France
173 Marie, 85120 La Chapelle aux Lys, France
174 Mairie de Saint-Lupicin, 2 Place de l’Hôtel de ville, Saint-Lupicin, 39170 Coteaux du Lizon, France
175 Planétarium et Centre de Culture Scientifique et Technique (le PLUS), 59180 Cappelle la Grande, France
176 Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, 33405 Talence, France
177 Instituto de Astrofísica, PUC, Santiago, Chile
178 Club Alpha Centauri, 11240 Cailhavel, France
179 Lycée Pierre Forest, 59600 Maubeuge, France
180 Club d’Astronomie Jupiter du Roannais, Mairie de Villerest, 7 Rue du Clos 42300 Villerest, France
181 Planétarium du Jardin des Sciences, 67000 Strasbourg, France
182 Collège Robert Doisneau: association Sirius 57430 Sarralbe, France
183 West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bulevardul Vasile Pârvan 4, Timisoara 300223, Romania
184 Romanian Society for Cultural Astronomy, Str. Principala Nr. 95A3, Dragsina, Romania
185 Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM), 1, Targoviste 130170, Dambovita, Romania
186 La Torre del Sole, Via Caduti sul Lavoro 2, 24030 Brembate di Sopra, BG, Italy
187 Associazione Astrofili Bisalta Via Gino Eula 23, 12013 Chiusa di Pesio, CN, Italy
188 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
189 DarkSkyLab, 3 rue Romiguières, 31000 Toulouse, France
190 School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, UK
191 European Space Agency, Oxford, UK
192 Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
193 lycée Gustave Flaubert, La Marsa, Tunisia
194 FRIPON-Tunisia, 16 Rue Othman El Kaak, Marsa 2078, Tunisia
195 Observatoire François-Xavier Bagnoud, 3961 St-Luc, Switzerland
196 LFB – Lycée français de Barcelone – Bosch i Gimpera 6-10 - 08034 Barcelona, Spain
197 Meteoriti Italia APS Via Fusina 6, 32032 Feltre, BL, Italy
198 Associazione Sky Sentinel Via Giovanni Leone 36, 81020 San Nicola la Strada CE, Italy
199 Chair of Astronautics, TU Munich, Germany
200 Herrmann-Lietz-Schule, Spiekeroog, Germany
201 Förderkreis für Kultur, Geschichte und Natur im Sintfeld e. V., Fürstenberg, Germany
202 EUC Syd, Sønderborg, Denmark
203 Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover, Germany
204 Deutschen Schule Sonderburg, Denmark
205 Observatoire d’Alger, CRAAG, Route de l’Observatoire, Alger, Algéria
206 Physical-Geographic and Environmental Quality Monitoring Research Station Mdârjac - Iai, Faculty of Geography and Geology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iai, 700506, Romania
207 Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory of the Museum “Vasile Pârvan” Bârlad, 731050, Romania
208 Galai Astronomical Observatory of the Natural Sciences Museum Complex, 800340 Galai, Romania
209 BITNET Research Centre on Sensurs and Systems, Cluj-Napoca 400464, Romania
210 Romanian Academy Timisoara Branch, Astronomical Observatory Timisoara, 300210 Timisoara, Romania
211 San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations, Casilla 21, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
212 Institut de Technologie Nucléaire Appliquée, Laboratoire Atomes Laser, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
213 Centre d’Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
214 Mairie de Zicavo, Quartier de l’Église, 20132 Zicavo, France
215 Club Pégase, amicale laïque de Saint-Renan, Rue de Kerzouar, 29290 Saint-Renan, France
216 Club d’Astronomie de Rhuys, Château d’eau de Kersaux, 56730 Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, France
217 L2n, CNRS ERL 7004, Université de Technologie de Troyes, 10004 Troyes, France
218 Mairie, 12, rue des Coquelicots 12850 Onet-le-Château, France
219 Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory of the Museum “Vasile Pârvan” Bârlad, Romania
220 Romanian Academy, Astronomical Institute, Astronomical Observatory Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
221 Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Peru
222 Direction du Patrimoine et des musées Conseil départemental de la Manche - 50050 Saint-Lô, France
223 UPJV, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 80080 Amiens, France
224 IPGSEOST, CNRS/University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
225 Mairie de Cailhavel, 11240 Cailhavel, France
226 Club Alpha Centauri, MJC, 11000 Carcassonne, France
227 Universidad Católica del Norte, 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
228 Millennium Institute for Astrophysics MAS, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile
229 American Association of Variable Stars Observers, 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
230 Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC), Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciències, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
231 Institut d’Estudis Espacials deCatalunya (IEEC), 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
232 Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial del Perú, CONID9, San Isidro Lima, Peru
233 Università di Firenze – Osservatorio Polifunzionale del Chianti Strada Provinciale Castellina in Chianti, 50021 Barberino Val D’elsa, FI, Italy
234 Associazione Astrofili Urania Località Bric del Colletto 1, 10062 Luserna San Giovanni, TO, Italy
235 Associazione Culturale Googol Via Filippo Brunelleschi 21, 43100 Parma, PR, Italy
236 Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Salita Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, NA, Italy
237 Fondazione GAL Hassin - Centro Internazionale per le Scienze Astronomiche, 90010 Isnello, Palermo, PA, Italy
238 Università del Salento – Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Via Per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, LE, Italy
239 Gruppo Astrofili Monti Lepini – Osservatorio Astronomico e Planetario di Gorga 00030 Gorga, RM, Italy
240 Associazione Astrofili di Piombino – Osservatorio Astronomico Punta Falcone Punta Falcone, Località Falcone, 57025 Piombino, LI, Italy
241 CIRA – Centro Italiano Ricerche AerospazialiVia Maiorise snc, 81043 Capua, CE, Italy
242 Astrobioparco Oasi di Felizzano Strada Fubine 79, 15023 Felizzano, AL, Italy
243 Associazione Astrofili Tethys – Planetario e Osservatorio Astronomico Cà del Monte Località Ca del Monte, 27050 Cecima, PV, Italy
244 GAMP – Osservatorio Astronomico Montagna Pistoise 51028 San Marcello Piteglio, PT, Italy
245 Gruppo Astrofili Antares Via Garibaldi 12, 48033 Cotignola, RA, Italy
246 SpaceDys Via Mario Giuntini 63, 56023 Navacchio di Cascina, PI, Italy
247 Associazione Astrofili Tethys – Planetario e Osservatorio Astronomico Cà del Monte Località Ca’ del Monte, 27050 Cecima, PV, Italy
248 Liceo Statale “Arturo Issel” Via Fiume 42, 17024 Finale Ligure, SV, Italy
249 Università di Camerino – Scuola di Scienze e Tecnologie, sezione Geologia Via Gentile III da Varano, 62032 Camerino, MC, Italy
250 Osservatorio Astrofisico R. P. Feynman 73034 Gagliano del Capo, LE, Italy
251 Manca Osservatorio Astronomico di Sormano Località Colma di, 22030 Sormano, CO, Italy
252 Associazione Astronomica del Rubicone Via Palmiro Togliatti 5, 47039 Savignano sul Rubicone, FC, Italy
253 Università degli Studi di Firenze – Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Via Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
254 IIS “E. Fermi” di Montesarchio Via Vitulanese, 82016 Montesarchio, BN, Italy
255 Liceo Scientifico Statale “G.B. Quadri” Viale Giosuè Carducci 17, 36100, Vicenza, VI, Italy
256 Università degli Studi di Trento – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, TN, Italy
257 Osservatorio Astronomico Sirio Piazzale Anelli, 70013 Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy
258 Museo del Cielo e della Terra Vicolo Baciadonne 1, 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto, BO, Italy
259 Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo Fiorentino Piazza Vittorio Veneto 10, 50056 Montelupo Fiorentino, FI, Italy
260 Università del Piemonte Orientale – Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica Viale Teresa Michelin 11, 15121 Alessandria, AL, Italy
261 Osservatorio Astronomico Giuseppe Piazzi Località San Bernardo, 23026 Ponte in Valtellina, SO, Italy
262 Liceo Scientifico Statale “P. Paleocapa” Via Alcide de Gasperi 19, 45100 Rovigo, RO, Italy
263 Osservatorio Astronomico Bobhouse Via Giuseppe Tomasi P.pe di Lampedusa 9, 90147 Palermo, PA, Italy
264 Observatoire de la grande vallée, 16250, Etriac, France
265 South African Astronomical Observatory, University of Cape Town, South Africa
266 Departamento de Matemáticas y Computación. Universidad de La Rioja, Spain
267 Departamento de Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas and Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
268 Laboratoire d’Informatique de Paris (LIP6), Sorbonne Universite, CNRS, Paris, France
269 Space Science and Technology Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
270 Department of Physics, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia
271 Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218 Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
272 ASPA (Association Sénégalaise pour la Promotion de l’Astronomie), Maison de la Culture Douta SECK, Dakar, Senegal
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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 rarely immediate. This was an important limiting factor as the most fragile – hence precious – meteorites must be recovered rapidly to avoid their alteration.
Aims. The Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network (FRIPON) scientific project was designed to overcome this limitation. This network comprises a fully automated camera and radio network deployed over a significant fraction of western Europe and a small fraction of Canada. As of today, it consists of 150 cameras and 25 European radio receivers and covers an area of about 1.5 × 106 km2.
Methods. The FRIPON network, fully operational since 2018, has been monitoring meteoroid entries since 2016, thereby allowing the characterization of their dynamical and physical properties. In addition, the level of automation of the network makes it possible to trigger a meteorite recovery campaign only a few hours after it reaches the surface of the Earth. Recovery campaigns are only organized for meteorites with final masses estimated of at least 500 g, which is about one event per year in France. No recovery campaign is organized in the case of smaller final masses on the order of 50 to 100 g, which happens about three times a year; instead, the information is delivered to the local media so that it can reach the inhabitants living in the vicinity of the fall.
Results. Nearly 4000 meteoroids have been detected so far and characterized by FRIPON. The distribution of their orbits appears to be bimodal, with a cometary population and a main belt population. Sporadic meteors amount to about 55% of all meteors. A first estimate of the absolute meteoroid flux (mag < –5; meteoroid size ≥~1 cm) amounts to 1250/yr/106 km2. This value is compatible with previous estimates. Finally, the first meteorite was recovered in Italy (Cavezzo, January 2020) thanks to the PRISMA network, a component of the FRIPON science project.
Key words: meteorites, meteors, meteoroids / surveys / methods: observational / interplanetary medium
© F. Colas et al. 2020
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