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Meteor Activity Outlook for 23-29 August 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Saturday August 23rd. On that date it will be located near the sun and will be invisible at night. As the week progresses, the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 16-22 August 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Saturday August 16th. On Friday night August 15th the half-illuminated moon will rise between 22 and 23 local summer time (LST). Moonlight at this time will be a...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 9-15 August 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its full phase on Saturday August 9th. It will be difficult to view meteor activity this weekend with the bright moon above the horizon all night long. Later in the period the waning gibbous...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Error dependencies in the space-based CNEOS fireball database
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Error dependencies in the space-based CNEOS fireball database This article has been submitted for publication by E. Peña-Asensio, H....
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Orbit dissimilarity criteria
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Orbit dissimilarity criteria in meteor showers: a comparative review This article has been submitted for publication by Ariane Courtot, Patrick...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 2-8 August 2025
Meteor activity kicks into high gear in August as seen from the northern hemisphere. The main reason for all this activity is the Perseid shower that peaks on August 13th. This shower is active most of the month and remains...
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Lunar exosphere dynamics following Perseid 2009 meteoroid impacts
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Lunar exosphere dynamics at the north pole following Perseid 2009 meteoroid impacts This article has been submitted for publication by Alexey A....
Read MoreNews from the meteor library: Investigation of lunar ejecta dynamics:
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Investigation of lunar ejecta dynamics: Particles reaching the near-Earth space and their effect on Earth-based observation This article has been...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 26 July-1 August 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Friday August 1st. At that time the moon will be located 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near 23:00 local summer time (LST) on the previous evening. This...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 19-25 July 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its new phase on Thursday July 24th. At that time the moon will be located near the sun and will be invisible at night. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early...
Read MoreMeteor Activity Outlook for 12-18 July 2025
During this period, the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Friday July 18th. At that time the moon will be located 90 degrees west of the sun and will rise near midnight local summer time (LST). This weekend the waning...
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July issue of eMetN Meteor Journal online
Download eMetN Meteor Journal The online content of May – June 2025 has been edited and...
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