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New meteor shower in Lyra
By Damir Šegon, Denis Vida and Paul Roggemans Abstract: A new meteor shower on a Jupiter-family...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 21-27 December 2024
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Monday December 23th. At that time the moon will rise near midnight and will remain in the morning sky the remainder of the night. As the week progresses, the waning...
Read MoreNovember 2024 report CAMS-BeNeLux
Abstract: A summary of the activity of the CAMS-BeNeLux network during the month of November 2024 is presented. This month we collected a total of 22460 multi-station meteors resulting in 7010 orbits. Introduction In...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 14-20 December 2024
During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Sunday December 15th. At that time the moon will lie above the horizon all night long and will greatly reduce the number of meteors visible. As the week progresses, the...
Read MoreA short report of news in the IAU Meteor Data Center in 2024
by L. Neslušan, R. Rudawska, M. Hajduková, M. Jakubík, S. Durišová and T. J. Jopek Abstract: During 2023, the IAU Meteor Data Center team went on an effort to upgrade the databases which it maintains and improved its website. In...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 7-13 December 2024
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Sunday December 8th. At that time the half-illuminated moon will set near 22:00 (on the previous evening), leaving the remainder of the night free of interfering...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 30 November-06 December 2024
No matter where you live, the first half of December provides some of the best meteor activity of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere the sporadic rates are still strong plus you can also count on strong activity from the...
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Earth Impactor 2022 WJ1
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Telescope-to-Fireball Characterization of Earth Impactor 2022 WJ1 This article has been submitted by Theodore Kareta, Denis Vida, Marco Micheli,...
Read MoreNew meteor shower in Ursa Minor
by Damir Šegon, Denis Vida and Paul Roggemans Abstract: A new meteor shower on a Jupiter-family comet orbit (TJ = 2.34 ± 0.16) orbit has been detected during September 23–24 by the Global Meteor Network. Meteors belonging to the...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 23-29 November 2024
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Saturday November 23rd. At that time the half-illuminated moon will rise near 23:00 Local Standard Time (on the previous evening) and will remain above the horizon...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 16-22 November 2024
During this period, the moon wanes from its full phase to one-half illuminated. It will rise in the evening sky and remain in the sky the remainder of the night. This is the worst time of the month to try and view meteor...
Read MoreShort note on P/2024 OC2 and the alpha Capricornid meteor shower
Abstract: The very remarkable similarity of the preliminary orbit of Near Earth Asteroid P/2024 OC2 and the alpha Capricornid meteor shower (CAP,#1) is outlined. Discussion Following a thread online started on November...
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