Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 304
Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory)
Project Records, circa 1959-1971
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory) |
| Title: | Project Records |
| Dates: | circa 1959-1971 |
| Quantity: | 109.20 cu. ft. (86 record storage boxes) (40 tall document boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 304 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This record unit consists of films of meteors detected by the radar system at Havana, Illinois, circa 1960-1970; computer printouts and logbooks containing data on meteors observed, circa 1959-1971; and computer tapes, circa 1965-1970. |
Historical Note
Created in 1958, the Radio Meteor Project analyzed the meteoric mass, velocity, orbital parameters, and physical phenomena associated with the atmospheric entry of micrometeoroids at heights of 86 to 110 km. Data was gathered by a multi-station radar system, based in Havana, Illinois. From 1958 to 1966, the project was under the administrative control of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO), with project staff including both HCO and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) scientists. Principal funding for the project was from contracts with the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1966, administration of the project was transferred to SAO. The project was terminated in 1971, and the radar facility at Havana was transferred to the University of Illinois. SAO administrative officers of the Radio Meteor Project included Dorik Mechau, 1966; C. Hagge, 1966-1970; and Harris E. Rosenthal, 1970-1971. Chief scientific investigators of the project included Gerald S. Hawkins, Richard B. Southworth, and Richard E. McCrosky.
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of films of meteors detected by the radar system at Havana, Illinois, circa 1960-1970; computer printouts containing data on meteors observed, circa 1966-1971; and computer tapes, circa 1965-1970.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Hagge, Carl W.
- Harvard College Observatory
- Hawkins, Gerald S.
- McCrosky, Richard E.
- Mechau, Dorik
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Rosenthal, Harris E.
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Southworth, Richard B.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 304, Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory), Project Records
Container List
Box 1
70 mm film dated 10/22-23/1968 (18 reels)
Box 2
70 mm film dated 10/23-25/1968 (18 reels)
Box 3
70 mm film dated 12/3-6/1968 (18 reels)
Box 4
70 mm film dated 12/6/1968, 12/14/1968, 12/16/1968, 1/13/1969 (18 reels)
Box 5
70 mm film dated 10/25-26/1968, 11/19-20/1968 (18 reels)
Box 6
70 mm film dated 11/20-23/1968, 12/2/1968 (18 reels)
Box 7
70 mm film dated 12/16-19/1968 (18 reels)
Box 8
70 mm film dated 12/19-20/1968, 1/14/1969 (18 reels)
Box 9
70 mm film dated 1/14-17/1969
Box 10
70 mm film dated 1/17/1969, 1/27-29/1969 (18 reels)
Box 11
70 mm film dated 2/25-28/1969, 3/10/1969 (18 reels)
Box 12
70 mm film dated 3/10-13/1969 (18 reels)
Box 13
70 mm film dated 1/29-31/1969, 2/10-12/1969 (18 reels)
Box 14
70 mm film dated 2/12-14/1969, 2/24/1969 (18 reels)
Box 15
70 mm film dated 3/14/1969, 3/24-26/1969 (18 reels)
Box 16
70 mm film dated 3/27-28/1969, 4/7-8/1969 (18 reels)
Box 17
70 mm film dated 4/8-11/1969, 4/17/1969, 4/21-22/1969 (18 reels)
Box 18
70 mm film dated 4/22-23/1969 (18 reels)
Box 19
70 mm film dated 4/23-25/1969, 5/5/1969 (18 reels)
Box 20
70 mm film dated 5/5-8/1969 (18 reels)
Box 21
70 mm film dated 6/1-3/1966, 6/6/1966, 3/13/1969 (18 reels)
Box 22
70 mm film dated 3/14-15/1969, 3/17-18/1969, 4/15/1969, 5/8-9/1969, 5/16/1969, 5/21/1969 (18 reels)
Box 23
70 mm film dated 6/12-13/1968, 8/5-6/1968, 9/26/1968, 9/30/1968 (18 reels)
Box 24
70 mm film dated 9/30/1968, 10/1/1968, 6/10-12/1969, 6/15-17/1969, 7/21/1969, 7/25/1969, 7/26/1969, 9/23/1969 (18 reels)
Box 25
70 mm film dated 7/19/1969, 10/21/1969, 11/8/1969, 12/12/1969, 3/7/1970, 4/2-3/1970, 4/9-11/1970, 5/2-8/1970 (18 reels)
Box 26
70 mm film dated 6/8-10/1970, 6/12/1970, 8/3-10/1970, 8/12/1970, 9/1-4/1970, 9/8-11/1970, 9/29-30/1970, 10/4-5/1970, 12/2/1970, 12/6/1970 (18 reels)
Box 27
70 mm film dated 1/24/1969, 9/23/1969, 10/7-8/1969, 11/14/1969, 11/16/1969, 12/12-13/1969, 12/16-17/1969, 8/15/1970, 9/3-5/1970 (10 reels)
45 mm film dated 5/18/1962 (Models 134-135), 3/17/1968 (Model 011), 5/7/1968 (Models 89-99), 5/8/1968 (Models 613-620), and undated (Models 83-88) (16 reels)
Box 28
45 mm film dated 5/9/1968 (Models 649-657), 5/10/1968 (Models 101-106), 3/13/1968 (Models 14-25), 5/13/1965 (Models 107-115), 5/17/1968 (Models 116-130), 5/21/1969 (Models 135-137) (37 reels)
Box 29
70 mm film dated 5/8/2964, 10/8-9/1969, 11/6/1969, 12/12-13/1969, 2/10/1970, 2/12/1970, 4/7-10/1970, 7/7-12/1970, 7/31/1970, 8/1-3/1970, 9/27-29/1970 (18 reels)
Box 30
70 mm film dated 9/28-30/1970, 10/1/1970, 10/3/1970, 10/29-30/1970 (4 reels)
23 mm paper tape dated 7/28-29/1965, 8/23/1965, 11/9-12/1965, 11/15-19/1965, 12/7-9/1965, 12/15/1965, and undated (Forti 60 Garden) (13 reels)
Box 31
70 mm film dated 6/17/1965, 7/1/1965, 9/26-27/1965, 10/9/1965, 11/11/1965, 11/18/1965, 9/14/1966, 11/17/1966, 11/9/1966, 12/19/1968 (16 reels)
45 mm film dated 3/28/1968 (Model 178) and undated (Models 79-83) (4 reels)
Box 32
45 mm film dated 3/28/1968 (Model 278), 4/6/1968 (Models 311-319), 4/22/1968 (Models 600-602), 4/25/1968 (Models 602-612), 5/6/1968 (Models 627-644), 5/8/1968 (Models 620-626), 5/9/1968 (Models 645-649), 5/17/1968 (Models 131-133), 5/21/1968 (Models 700-703, 137-139), 5/22/1968 (Models 707-718) (35 reels)
Box 33
Tape Logs, 11/5/1969-1/10/1970
Tape Logs, 11/3-5/1969
Tape Logs, 7/14-16/1969
Tape Logs, 7/28-30/1969
Tape Logs, 1/10/1970-8/4/1970
Tape Logs, 7/30/1969-8/11/1969
Film and Tape Logs and Inventories, 1966-1968, and Nilsson Charts, 7/19/1968
Search Sheets, 12/1962-2/1964 (15 folders)
Havana Station Reports, 2/24/1965-11/19/1965 (2 folders)
EDI Notes, 3/22/1965-12/5/1965
Tape Logs, 11/1967
Tape Logs, 6/1966-6/1967 (13 folders)
Search Sheets, 12/1965-6/1966 (6 folders)
Tape Logs, 6-7/1969
Tape Logs, 8/11-12/1969
Search Sheets, 11/1964-4/1965 (6 folders)
Box 34
Calibration Data Sheets, Films #611-780
Tape Logs, 1/13-15/1969
Tape Logs, 12/13/1968-1/13/1969
Tape Logs, 12/2-6/1968
Tape Logs, 6/4-17/1969
Tape Logs, 5/21/1969-6/4/1969
Tape Logs, 5/15-21/1969
Tape Logs, 10/21/1969-11/3/1969
Tape Logs, 7/1-2/1969
Tape Logs, 7/2-14/1969
Tape Logs, 10/8-21/1969
Tape Logs, 8/12-27/1969
Tape Logs, 8/27/1969-9/8/1969
Tape Logs, 9/8-10/1969
Tape Logs, 9/10-12/1969
Tape Logs, 9/12-23/1969
Tape Logs, 9/23/1969-10/6/1969
Tape Logs, 10/6-8/1969
Tape Logs, 1/15-30/1969
Tape Logs, 1/30/1969-2/24/1969
Tape Logs, 2/24/1969-3/11/1969
Tape Logs, 3/11-25/1969
Tape Logs, 3/20/1969-4/16/1969
Tape Logs, 4/16-24/1969
Tape Logs, 4/24/1969-5/8/1969
Tape Logs, 5/8-9/1969
Box 35
70 mm film dated 10/22-24/1969, 11/3/1969 (18 reels)
Box 36
70 mm film dated 11/4-7/1969
Box 37
70 mm film dated 10/8-9/1969, 10/20-21/1969 (18 reels)
Box 38
70 mm film dated 10/21-23/1969, 11/3/1969, 11/5-7/1969 (18 reels)
Box 39
70 mm film dated 9/26/1969, 10/6-7/1969 (18 reels)
Box 40
70 mm film dated 10/7-10/1969 (18 reels)
Box 41
70 mm film dated 8/25-27/1969, 9/23-24/1969 (18 reels)
Box 42
70 mm film dated 9/24-26/1969
Box 43
70 mm film dated 8/14/1969, 8/25-28/1969 (18 reels)
Box 44
70 mm film dated 8/28-29/1969, 9/8-10/1969 (18 reels)
Box 45
70 mm film dated 7/1-4/1969, 7/14-15/1969 (18 reels)
Box 46
70 mm film dated 7/15/1969, 7/17-18/1969, 8/14-15/1969, 8/25/1969 (18 reels)
Box 47
70 mm film dated 8/1/1969, 8/11-13/1969, 9/11/1969 (18 reels)
Box 48
70 mm film dated 9/12/1969, 9/22-23/1969, 10/24/1969, 11/3-6/1969 (18 reels)
Box 49
70 mm film dated 7/28-29/1969 (18 reels)
Box 50
70 mm film dated 7/29-31/1969 (18 reels)
Box 51
70 mm film dated 7/30-31/1969, 8/1/1969, 8/11/1969 (18 reels)
Box 52
70 mm film dated 8/12-15/1969 (18 reels)
Box 53
70 mm film dated 7/14-16/1969 (18 reels)
Box 54
70 mm film dated 7/16-18/1969 (18 reels)
Box 55
70 mm film dated 6/21/1969, 6/30/1969, 7/1-2/1969 (18 reels)
Box 56
70 mm film dated 7/2-4/1969, 7/14/1969 (18 reels)
Box 57
70 mm film dated 7/16-18/1969 (18 reels)
Box 58
70 mm film dated 7/18-21/1969 (18 reels)
Box 59
70 mm film dated 5/19-21/1969 (18 reels)
Box 60
70 mm film dated 5/21-23/1969, 6/16-17/1969 (18 reels)
Box 61
70 mm film dated 4/10-12/1969, 4/17/1969, 5/20-22/1969, 6/2/1969 (18 reels)
Box 62
70 mm film dated 6/2-4/1969 (18 reels)
Box 63
70 mm film dated 5/31/1967, 6/1/1967, 6/27-29/1967, 4/16-17/1969, 6/4/1969 (18 reels)
Box 64
70 mm film dated 6/5/1967, 6/4-6/1969, 11/4/1969 (18 reels)
Box 65
Data Printouts 11/21/1962-12/5/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 12/18-31/1962 Observations
Calibration Outputs 1/12/1965-11/19/1965
Box 66
Data Printouts 12/5-18/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 12/31/1962-1/14/1963 Observations
Box 67
Data Printouts 1/16/1963-2/27/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 3/12-26/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 7/30/1963-8/14/1963 Observations
Box 68
Data Printouts 3/26/1963-4/23/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 1/14-16/1963 Observations
Calibration Outputs 8/13/1962-11/30/1964
Box 69
Data Printouts 1/28/1964-2/11/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 1/14-28/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 11/5-17/1964 Observations
Box 70
Data Printouts 12/30/1963-1/14/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 11/21/1963-12/30/1963 Observations
Box 71
Data Printouts 5/21/1963-7/1/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 11/4-21/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 7/1-30/1963 Observations
Box 72
Data Printouts 4/23/1963-5/21/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 9/25/1963-11/4/1963 Observations
Box 73
Data Printouts 10/7-20/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 6/1-16/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 11/2-5/1964 Observations
Box 74
Data Printouts 11/17/1964-12/2/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 5/19/1965-6/1/1965 Observations
Box 75
Data Printouts 9/7-10/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 9/10-24/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 8/13/1964-9/7/1964 Observations
Box 76
Data Printouts 9/24/1964-10/7/1964 Observations
Data Printout 6/1-16/1964 Observations
Box 77
Data Printouts 7/15/1964-8/13/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 6/29/1964-7/15/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 3/26/1964-4/9/1964 Observations
Box 78
Data Printouts 4/10/1964-5/5/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 6/16-29/1964 Observations
Box 79
Data Printouts 6/16-28/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 12/29-31/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 2/11/1964-3/26/1964 Observations
Box 80
Data Printouts 5/4-19/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 12/31/1964-2/9/1965 Observations
Box 81
Data Printouts 12/2-14/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 12/14-29/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 3/24/1965-4/9/1965 Observations
Box 82
Data Printouts 5/6/1964-6/1/1964 Observations
Data Printouts 3/9-24/1965 Observations
Box 83
Data Printouts 7/26/1965-8/1/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 2/9/1965-3/9/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 8/9-13/1965 Observations
Box 84
Data Printouts 6/28/1965-7/26/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 8/1-9/1965 Observations
Box 85
Data Printouts 10/6-9/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 8/14/1963-9/10/1963 Observations
Box 86
Data Printouts 9/10-25/1963 Observations
Data Printouts 4/19-22/1965 Observations
Box 87
Data Printouts 9/29/1965-10/4/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 11/18/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 9/24-26/1965 Observations
Box 88
Data Printouts 9/26-29/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 8/13/1965-9/24/1965 Observations
Box 89
Data Printouts 12/15/1961-1/15/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 1/15-29/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 11/18-19/1965 Observations
Box 90
Data Printouts 2/13-27/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 1/29/1962-2/13/1962 Observations
Box 91
Data Printouts 4/22/1965-5/4/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 8/30/1962-11/11/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 10/9/1965-11/11/1965 Observations
Box 92
Data Printouts 10/4-6/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 11/11-16/1965 Observations
Box 93
Data Printouts 7/17/1962-8/14/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 12/8-11/1961 Observations
Data Printouts 8/27-30/1962 Observations
Box 94
Data Printouts 8/14-27/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 3/27/1962-4/11/2962 Observations
Data Printouts 12/14-15/1961 Observations
Box 95
Data Printouts 4/11/1962-5/21/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 11/19/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 12/11-13/1961 Observations
Box 96
Data Printouts 3/13-26/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 2/27/1962-3/13/1962 Observations
Box 97
Weekend Hours of Operation, 7/10/1969
Data Printouts 9/15/1965-6/9/1966 Observations
Data Printouts 7/5-17/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 11/16-18/1965 Observations
Box 98
Data Printouts 8/30/1962-9/11/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 8/27-30/1965 Observations
Data Printouts 5/22/1962-6/18/1962 Observations
Box 99
Data Printouts 10/22/1962-11/8/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 11/8-17/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 8/14-27/1962 Observations
Box 100
Punch Cards, September 1968
Data Printouts 7/2-5/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 6/18/1962-7/2/1962 Observations
Box 101
Data Printouts 11/24/1961-12/8/1961 Observations
Data Printouts 8/2-14/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 9/27/1962-10/11/1962 Observations
Box 102
Data Printouts 7/30/1962-8/2/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 7/17-30/1962 Observations
Box 103
Data Printouts 9/11-24/1962 Observations
Data Printouts 9/25-27/1962 Observations
Box 104
Data Printouts 11/17-21/1962 Observations
Box 105
70 mm film dated 12/2/1964, 3/11/1965, 5/6/1965, 8/11-13/1969 (18 reels)
Box 106
70 mm film dated 8/12-13/1969, 8/18/1969, 8/26/1969 (14 reels)
16 mm film dated 3/11/1963, 3/8-12/1965, 3/22-26/1965, 4/19/1965, 4/30/1965, 5/1-6/1965, 11/17/1965, 11/19/1965, 3/7-11/1966, 3/22-25/1966 (10 reels)
Box 107
Log Book #1, 10/8/1960-12/15/1961
Log Book #2, 1/3/1962-1/3/1964 (2 folders)
Log Book #3, 1/14/1964-12/23/1965 (2 folders)
Log Book #4, 1/1/1966-1/2/1967 (2 folders)
Log Book #5, 1/9/1967-11/29/1967 (2 folders)
Log Book #6, 4/12/1968-12/20/1968 (2 folders)
Log Book #7, 1/13/1969-3/14/1969 (2 folders)
Box 108
Graphs (4 folders)
Log Book #8, 3/18/1969-5/23/1969 (2 folders)
Tape Logs, August 1970
Tape Logs, January-May 1966
Tape Logs, December 1965
Tape Logs, August-December 1970
Tape Logs, May-August, 1969
Tape Logs, April 1969
Tape Logs, August-December 1968
Tape Logs, January-December 1970
Tape Logs, August 1968
Tape Logs, June 1968
Tape Logs, November 1967
Tape Logs, January-June 1967
Tape Logs, May-December 1966
Log Book #10, 7/21/1969-10/24/1969 (2 folders)
Box 109
Continental X'Mission Book, 1963-1965
Film Log, 1967-1969
SAO Correspondence Received Log, 1965-1970
Transmitter Log, 1963
Radio Meteor Project Notes, 1959-1965
Magnetic Tape Log, 1968-1971
Intensity Modulation Meteor Counter Log Sheets (16 mm film), 1962-1966
Data Log, 1969
Havana Record of Equipment Modifications and Discrepancies, 1965-1967
Havana Meteor Station Technical Details, 1968
Log Book #9, 6/2/1969-7/21/1969 (2 folders)
Log Book #11, 11/3/1969-7/14/1971 (2 folders)
Box 110
70 mm film dated 8/13/1969, 8/26/1969, 9/8-10/1969 (18 reels)
Box 111
70 mm film dated 9/10-12/1969, 9/22/1969 (17 reels)
Box 112
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11823
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11824
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11825
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11883
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11884
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11900
Box 113
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11810
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11811
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11835
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11836
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11837
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11839
Box 114
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11808
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11809
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11813
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11859
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11860
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11861
Box 115
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11852
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11853
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11855
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11862
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11863
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11864
Box 116
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11829
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11830
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11831
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11856
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11857
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11858
Box 117
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11844
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11845
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11846
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11865
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11866
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11867
Box 118
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO723
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO734
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO875
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO938
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11868
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11869
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11874
Box 119
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11741
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11800
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11801
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11805
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11806
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11807
Box 120
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO2291
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO7049
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO7138
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO7140
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO7386
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO7724
Box 121
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO1787
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO2028
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO2289
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO2928
Box 122
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO489
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO582
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO594
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO1740
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11802
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11803
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11804
Box 123
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11832
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11833
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11834
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11841
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11842
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11843
Box 124
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11812
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11838
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11840
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11877
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11879
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11881
Box 125
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11815
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11819
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11821
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11822
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11878
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11882
Box 126
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11814
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11820
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11826
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11827
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11828
Magnetic Data Tape #SAO11876
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