In:
Seismological Research Letters, Seismological Society of America (SSA), Vol. 94, No. 2A ( 2023-03-01), p. 731-745
Abstract:
A common challenge in acoustic meteoroid signal analyses is to discriminate whether the observed wavefield can be better described by line-source or point-source models. This challenge typically arises from a sparse availability of observations. In this work, we present an outstanding record of ground-coupled waves from local large-N seismic and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) observations of a meteoroid in Iceland. Our complete data set includes additional regional stations located within 300 km of the meteoroid’s trajectory. The dense large-N and DAS data allow identification of acoustic phases that are almost impossible to discriminate on sparser networks, including a weak late arrival resolved mostly only by DAS. Using this data set with a new Bayesian inversion model, we estimate the trajectory parameters of one fragment from the meteoroid. With these results we investigate its orbit in the solar system and propose a classification of the Icelandic event as a slow meteoroid of asteroidal origin with an energy on the order of 4–40 GJ, a probable size on the order of centimeters, and an orbit range consistent with the main asteroid belt.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0895-0695
,
1938-2057
Language:
English
Publisher:
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2403376-5
SSG:
16,13
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