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The 1998 Miyako fireball’s trajectory determined from shock wave records of a dense seismic array

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A high velocity passage of a meteoroid through the atmosphere generates a shock wave with a conical front. When the shock front arrives at the surface, it causes high frequency ground motions that are registered on the seismograms. We can use seismological data to determine the trajectory of the meteoroid in the atmosphere. A strong shock wave from the 1998 Miyako fireball is recorded by more than 20 stations in a dense array of seismographs installed in the northeastern region of Honshu Island, Japan. We determine the velocity and the trajectory of the fireball in the upper atmosphere using the arrival times of the shock wave at the stations.

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  1. Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan

    Yoshiaki Ishihara, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu & Muneyoshi Furumoto

  2. Earthquake Prediction Information Division, Seismological and Volcanological Department of Japan Meteorological Agency, 1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 100-8122, Japan

    Shin’ya Tsukada

  3. Earthquake Observation Center, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan

    Shin’ichi Sakai

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Ishihara, Y., Tsukada, S., Sakai, S. et al. The 1998 Miyako fireball’s trajectory determined from shock wave records of a dense seismic array. Earth Planet Sp 55, e9–e12 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03351752

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Key words

  • Shockwave
  • fireball
  • trajectory
  • seismic array