[meteorite-list] Bolides and Meteorite Falls Conference

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:37:11 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200807230037.RAA26130_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.bolides09.com/

Bolides and Meteorite Falls

International conference on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the
Pribram meteorite fall, and the 80th birthday of Zdenek Ceplecha

May 10-15, 2009

Hotel Michael, Prague, Czech Republic

Invitation

Dear All,

We would like to take this advantage and to invite you to wonderful
spring Prague to meet other colleagues, to share your experiences and to
celebrate with us the 50th anniversary of the Pribram meteorite fall.

The Pribram meteorite fall on April 7, 1959 was the first scientifically
observed meteorite fall. The associated bolide was captured by the
photographic cameras of the double-station meteor observation program
initiated and led by the Czech astronomer, Zdenek Ceplecha, who also
analyzed all the available data and predicted the location of the
meteorites.

To date there have been only 9 cases where a meteorite dropping bolide
was observed instrumentally, so that the trajectory and orbit could be
determined precisely and - at the same time - the meteorite was recovered.

Nevertheless, thanks to various observational programs and modeling
efforts, our understanding of bolides and associated phenomena has
increased dramatically over the past 50 years.

We believe, that the conference will be devoted not only to celebrating
the anniversary, but also to offer a forum to discuss recent
achievements in this field and future programs.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Prague!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Pavel Spurny
Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Jiri Borovicka
Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

 
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