Exploring solar system origins with the Desert Fireball Network

通过沙漠火球网络探索太阳系起源

• 批准号: DP170102529
• 负责人: Prof Philip Bland
• 金额: $ 30.58万
• 依托单位: Curtin University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170102529
• 关键词: Exploring; solar; system; origins; Desert

This project aims to explore the science delivered by the Desert Fireball Network (DFN), a continent-wide facility comprising dozens of observatories across remote and regional Australia, tracking material entering the atmosphere. Meteorites record early solar system processes, but there is no constraint on where they come from. Precise orbits for recovered meteorites can solve that problem. This project will use the largest dataset of fireball orbits ever acquired, while a supercomputer imagery archive provides a way-back machine for researchers. DFN tracking of satellites, debris re-entry and overseas rocket launches directly benefits Australian national security and a mature outreach programme aims to deliver the outcomes of this research to the public.

该项目旨在探索沙漠火球网络（DFN）提供的科学，DFN是一个覆盖整个大陆的设施，由澳大利亚偏远地区的数十个观测站组成，跟踪进入大气层的物质。陨石记录了早期太阳系的过程，但它们来自哪里并没有限制。回收陨石的精确轨道可以解决这个问题。该项目将使用迄今为止获得的最大的火球轨道数据集，而超级计算机图像档案为研究人员提供了一台回溯机器。国防部对卫星、碎片重返和海外火箭发射的跟踪直接有益于澳大利亚的国家安全，一个成熟的推广方案旨在向公众提供这一研究的成果。