Astrophysical: Meteors

  • Publication
    Oort cloud perturbations as a source of hyperbolic Earth impactors
    The observation of interstellar objects 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov suggests the existence of a larger population of smaller projectiles that impact our planet...
  • Talk
    Primitive materials preserved in meteorites and comets: clues on the stellar sources producing short-lived nuclides and presolar grains
    Short-lived nuclides (SLNs) were incorporated to the solar nebula at the time of condensation of the first minerals from the vapor phase. The study of the...
  • Publication
    Spatial number densities and errors from photographic meteor observations under very high activity.
    A procedure to compute meteoroid spatial number densities from photographs is presented. It follows from the visual method of Koschack and Rendtel with slight...
  • News
    The Perseids 2020
    On the night of 12th to 13th August we will be able to enjoy the maximum of the Perseids. This will be broadcast live, from the Teide Observatory (Tenerife) and...