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New meteor shower in Puppis
By Damir Šegon, Denis Vida and Paul Roggemans Abstract: A new meteor shower on a Jupiter-family...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 26 April-2 May 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Sunday April 27th. At that time the moon will lie near the sun and will be invisible at night. As the week progresses the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky but...
Read MoreNews from the Meteor Library: Inferring Fireball Velocity Profiles and Characteristic Parameters of Meteoroids from Incomplete Datasets
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Inferring Fireball Velocity Profiles and Characteristic Parameters of Meteoroids from Incomplete Datasets This article has been submitted by Eloy...
Read MoreMeteor 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...
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