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Antarctic Meteor Radar array (2019) located between McMurdo Station and Scott Base, Antarctica, on the site of the now removed CosRay building, the experiment moved to the Korean Station. The radar senses meteors over a 250 kilometer radius from the array, with an average height of about 90 kilometers, and counts approximately 2000 meteors per day.

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Copyright: Shaun O'Boyle
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Antarctic Meteor Radar array (2019) located between McMurdo Station and Scott Base, Antarctica, on the site of the now removed CosRay building, the experiment moved to the Korean Station. The radar senses meteors over a 250 kilometer radius from the array, with an average height of about 90 kilometers, and counts approximately 2000 meteors per day.