Meteorite Fall of 3 January 1970
On January 3, 1970, four stations (Hominy OK, Woodward OK, Pleasanton KS, and Garden City KS) of the Prairie Meteorite Network simultaneously photographed the track of a meteoroid fireball. Analysis of the photographs indicated that a meteorite might have landed within an area east of Lost City. This was the first time in the US that simultaneous photography of a fireball from multiple observation points was achieved, making it possible to calculate a trajectory and delimit a search area on the ground. Six days later, Gunther Schwartz, field manager of the Lincoln NE camera station of the Prairie Network, spotted a 9.83 kg (21.6 pound) meteorite sitting in a snow-covered dirt road within one-half mile of Lost City. Three additional smaller meteorite fragments were recovered later (January 17, 272 g; February 2, 6.6 kg; May 4, 640 g). The Lost City meteorite proved to be an H5 chondrite.
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