A second Arid shower outburst in 2021
By P. Jenniskens, S. Heathcote, E. Jehin, T. Abbott, M. Towner, T. Hanke, W. Cooney, T. Cooper and...
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Month: October 2021
Meteor Activity Outlook for 9-15 October 2021
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Wednesday October 13th. At that time the moon lies 90 degrees east of the sun and sets near22:30 local summer time (LST) on October 12th. This weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the evening hours and will not interfere with meteor observing, especially during the more active morning hours.
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: pairs and groups in the 2006 Geminids
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Search for pairs and groups in the 2006 Geminid meteor shower This article has been submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics by P. Koten, D....
Read MoreRadio meteors September 2021
Abstract: An overview of the radio observations during September 2021 is given. The graphs show both the daily totals (Figure 1) and the hourly numbers (Figure 2) of “all” reflections counted automatically, and of...
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Eduard Heis, an early pioneer in meteor research
Ulrich Sperberg points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Eduard Heis, an early pioneer in meteor research This article has been published in Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 12, 163–170, 2021, by Ulrich Sperberg....
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