Astrophysical: Meteors

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    A Candidate Location for Planet Nine from an Interstellar Meteoroid: The Messenger Hypothesis
    The existence of a hypothetical Planet Nine lurking in the outer solar system has been invoked as a plausible explanation for the anomalous clustering in the...
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    A Massive AGB Star as Source of Short-Lived Nuclei in the Early Solar System
    The origin of short-lived radioactive nuclei at the time of the formation of the Sun is a much debated mystery in modern astronomy. We show that abundance...
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    Asteroids as the parent bodies of meteorites: compositional
    Due to their orbits, near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) have been considered the most evident parent bodies of meteorites. Dynamical models show that NEAs come...
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    Astronomy by microscope
    Traditionally, astronomers study stars and planets by telescope. But we can also learn about them by using a microscope – through studying meteorites. From...
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    Characterization of the June epsilon Ophiuchids meteoroid stream and the comet 300P/Catalina
    Aims: Prior to 2019, the June epsilon Ophiuchids (JEO) were known as a minor unconfirmed meteor shower with activity that was considered typically moderate for...
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    Dependence of the population index on the radiant zenithal distance
    By integrating the differential equation system of the single-body meteor theory which describes meteor flight in the atmosphere, we show that the population...
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    Effects of a dependence of meteor brightness on the entry angle.
    In this paper we discuss the observational consequences of a dependence of meteor brightness on the entry angle z_R_, namely the decrease of the observed rates...
  • News
    El mejor regalo para comenzar el año: Cuadrántidas 2022
    La madrugada del 4 de enero el proyecto europeo Interreg EELabs retransmitirá la lluvia de meteoros de las Cuadrántidas desde el Observatorio del Teide, del...
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    JEM-EUSO: Meteor and nuclearite observations
    Meteor and fireball observations are key to the derivation of both the inventory and physical characterization of small solar system bodies orbiting in the...