DN200619_01 Madura Cave

DN200619_01 Madura Cave

Intro

This fireball appeared on the Desert Firebal Network network on Jun 19, 2020 at 20:05:07 (UTC). At least one meteorite has been recovered from it, Meteorite bulletin entry is 73645. Some details about this fireball have been published in 2022M&PS...57.1328D . You may find reprints of this research in our list of publications.

Madura Cave’s main mass has been recovered by the Desert Fireball Network in July 2020 (see the press release). Because we can see on the fireball 2 large explosions, we believe that there might a strewn field of small fragments still on the ground, a couple of kilometres from where we found the main mass. We have not attempted to search for them yet.

Fireball details

Meteorite location predictions

General area of the Madura Cave meteorite fall.
General area of the Madura Cave meteorite fall.
Heatmap showing the area where fragments are predicted.
Heatmap showing the area where fragments are predicted.
Download KML of search area outline

Access notes

On the Eyre highway, about 1km East of the Madura roadhouse, turn off South on a gravel road at (-31.90354,127.03187). The road bissects the fragments fall area after ~5km (-31.93881,127.01431).