By Alexandra Terentjeva and Elena Bakanas Abstract: A group of 39 Eccentrid asteroids (e ≥ 0.4) belonging to the Mars family has been identified. Of the 670 orbits of meteoroid streams in several catalogues, only one Librid...
Read MoreBy Alexandra Terentjeva and Ilya Kurenya Abstract: A meteor dust trail is a very rare natural phenomenon. Its occurrence requires penetration of a large meteoroid body deeply enough into the atmosphere. There is only one dust...
Read MoreBy Alexandra Terentjeva and Ilya Kurenya Abstract: During observations of meteors in high-altitude conditions in 1947 I.S. Astapovich discovered “blue” trails of meteors (Astapovich, 1947; 1951). This phenomenon remained,...
Read MoreBy Alexandra Terentjeva and Ilya Kurenya The unexpected abundant meteor shower of June 21, 1937, described by I. S. Astapovich (1940), was caused by the Scorpionids, long known from visual observations. According to...
Read MoreBy Alexandra Terentjeva and Ilya Kurenya Abstract: This article describes the process of visual observations of meteor radiants according to the “Program-maximum” by Prof. I. S. Astapovich in Ashkhabad. 2021 marks 45...
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