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Meteor Activity Outlook for 18-24 January 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Tuesday January 21st. At that time the moon will be located 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise between midnight and 0100 local standard time (LST) on that...
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Decameter-sized Earth impactors
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Decameter-sized Earth impactors– I: Orbital properties This article has been submitted by Ian Chow, Peter G. Brown. Abstract: Numerous...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 11-17 January 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Tuesday January 14th. At that time 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...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 4-10 January 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Tuesday January 7th. At that time the moon will be located 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near midnight local standard time (LST). This weekend the waxing...
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January issue of eMetN Meteor Journal online
Download eMetN Meteor Journal The online content of November – December 2024 has been edited...
Read MoreNew meteor shower in Cassiopeia on 4 September 2024
By Damir Šegon, Denis Vida and Paul Roggemans Abstract: A new meteor shower with a Mellish type comet orbit (TJ = 1.55 ± 0.18) orbit has been detected during September 3–5 by the Global Meteor Network. Meteors belonging to the...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 28 December 2024 – 3 January 2025
January is best known for the Quadrantids, which have the potential to be the best shower of the year. Unfortunately, this shower is short lived and occurs during some of the worst weather in the northern hemisphere. Due to the...
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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...
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January 2025
