Meteor and fireball observations are key to the derivation of both the inventory and physical characterization of small solar system bodies orbiting in the...
La noche del 21 de abril disfrutaremos del máximo de la lluvia de estrellas de las Líridas. Eso sí, al igual que con los últimos eventos astronómicos, lo...
Luminous Efficiency in Hypervelocity Impacts from the 1999 Lunar Leonids
An analysis of the optical flashes produced by Leonid meteoroids impacting the Moon in 1999 November is carried out in order to estimate the fraction of kinetic...
Meteor studies in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program
We summarize the state of the art of a program of UV observations from space of meteor phenomena, a secondary objective of the JEM-EUSO international...
Modeling the photometric and dynamical behavior of Super-Schmidt meteors in the Earth's atmosphere
Faint meteors observed with Super-Schmidt cameras are re-examined in order to assess whether their dynamical and photometric behavior can be described by means...
Non-Vestoid candidate asteroids in the inner main belt
Context. Most howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites (analogues to V-type asteroids) are thought to originate from the asteroid (4) Vesta. However some...
Observation and Interpretation of Leonid Impact Flashes on the Moon in 2001
We present observations of lunar Leonid impact flashes recorded in 2001 November from Spain. Four impact flashes were detected on November 18. Another flash was...
Observation and Interpretation of Meteoroid Impact Flashes on the Moon
The first unambiguous detection of meteoroids impacting the night side of the Moon was obtained during the 1999 Leonid storm. Up to eight optical flashes were...