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Meteorite Recovery Using Drones and Machine Learning: An Update on the Desert Fireball Network

Presented by:

Eleanor Sansom

Seamus Anderson

    Curtin University

 

Eleanor Sansom

    Curtin University

 

Martin Towner

    Curtin University

 

Hadrien Devillepoix

    Curtin University

 

Phil Bland

    Curtin University

In this presentation we describe the recent success of using a drone and machine learning algorithm to recover an observed meteorite fall. The drone surveys the fall area in sections while the searching party takes images of previously recovered meteorites in local back-grounds to help train the neural network. The machine learning algorithm then scan through the images identifying meteorite candidates for team members to review. We also provide an update on the Desert Fireball Network’s methodology for predicting meteorite fall location.

Category:

Remote sensing & Earth observations

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