Murrili meteorite's fall and recovery from Kati Thanda
E. K. Sansom, P. A. Bland, M. C. Towner, H. A. R. D. Devillepoix, M., Cupak, R. M. Howie, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, M. A. Cox, B. A. D. Hartig, J. P., Paxman, G. Benedix, L. V. Forman

TL;DR
This paper reports the observation, prediction, and recovery of the Murrili meteorite in Kati Thanda, demonstrating the Desert Fireball Network's capabilities in tracking and retrieving meteorites with high precision.
Contribution
It presents the first recovered observed fall by the digital Desert Fireball Network, validating its effectiveness in meteorite tracking and recovery.
Findings
Meteorite fall predicted with high accuracy
Successful recovery from muddy lake environment
Validation of DFN's automated data reduction pipeline
Abstract
On the 27th of November 2015, at 10:43:45.526 UTC, a fireball was observed across South Australia by ten Desert Fireball Network observatories lasting 6.1 s. A kg meteoroid entered the atmosphere with a speed of 13.68 and was observed ablating from a height of 85 km down to 18 km, having slowed to 3.28. Despite the relatively steep 68.5 trajectory, strong atmospheric winds significantly influenced the darkfight phase and the predicted fall line, but the analysis put the fall site in the centre of Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre South. Kati Thanda has metres-deep mud under its salt-encrusted surface. Reconnaissance of the area where the meteorite landed from a low flying aircraft revealed a 60 cm circular feature in the muddy lake, less than 50 m from the predicted fall line. After a short search, which again employed light…
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