Prairie Meteorite Network

The Prairie Meteorite Network was a system of sixteen camera stations in Midwestern United States, run by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory^[3] from 1964 to 1975. The network used surplus aerocameras with 6.3–12 inch focal length wide angle metrogon lenses that covered a format of 9 x 18 inches on aero roll film. During ten years of network activity only one meteorite fall was recorded, the Lost City meteorite in 1970.

Prairie Meteorite Network

Formation	1964[1]
Dissolved	1975[2]
Type	Camera network
Legal status	Defunct
Purpose	Record meteorite falls
Region served	Midwestern United States
Parent organization	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics
• European Fireball Network