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Meteor Activity Outlook for 19-25 April 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Monday April 21st. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near 03:00 local summer time. As the week progresses the waning crescent...
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Perihelion history and atmospheric survival as primary drivers of the Earth’s meteorite record
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Perihelion history and atmospheric survival as primary drivers of the Earth’s meteorite record This article has been submitted by Patrick M....
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 12-18 April 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday April 13th. At that time the moon will lie opposite of the sun in the sky and will lie above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses the waning gibbous...
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia This article has been submitted and accepted for...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 5-11 April 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Saturday April 5th. At that time the moon will lie 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near 03:00 local summer time (LST). As the week progresses the waxing...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: upper limit on the interstellar meteoroid flux
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: An upper limit on the interstellar meteoroid flux at video sizes from the Global Meteor Network This article has been submitted and accepted...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 29 March-4 April 2025
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as the Lyrids become active during the month. The Lyrids are active from the 15th through the 29th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Sporadic rates during April are steady as...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Detection of meteor clusters from meteor orbit databases
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Towards a definition of a meteor cluster Detection of meteor clusters from meteor orbit databases This article has been submitted to Astronomy...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 22-28 March 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Saturday March 22nd. At that time 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near 03:00 local standard time. Since the half-illuminated moon will be present during the...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Asteroids in the Taurid Resonant Swarm
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: In Search of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroids in the Taurid Resonant Swarm This article has been submitted by Jasmine Li, Quanzhi Ye (叶泉志),...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 15-21 March 2025
During this period, the moon wanes from nearly full to nearly fifty percent illuminated. This weekend the nearly full moon will lie in the sky most of the night making meteor observing difficult at best. The estimated total...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 8-14 March 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Friday March 14th. On that date the moon will be located opposite the sun and will remain above the horizon all night long. This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set...
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