The Stubenberg meteorite—An LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn field.
Bischoff, A., Barrat, J.-A., Bauer, K., Burkhardt, C., Busemann, H., Ebert, S., Gonsior, M., Hakenmüller, J., Haloda, J., Harries, D., Heinlein, D., Hiesinger, H., Hochleitner, R., Hoffmann, V., Kaliwoda, M., Laubenstein, M., Maden, C., Meier,…
Numerical model of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid as a strengthless object
V. Shuvalov, V. Svetsov, O. Popova, D. Glazachev Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2017 LINK “Highlights • The entry of Chelyabinsk meteoroid is considered in the frame of…
Submillisecond fireball timing using de Bruijn timecodes.
Howie, R. M., Paxman, J., Bland, P. A., Towner, M. C., Sansom, E. K. and Devillepoix, H. A. R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 10.1111/maps.12878 Available online 16 May 2017 LINK “Long-exposure fireball photographs have been…
How to build a continental scale fireball camera network
Robert M. Howie, Jonathan Paxman, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupak, Eleanor K. Sansom, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix Experimental Astronomy (2017) doi:10.1007/s10686-017-9532-7 First Online: 11 May 2017 LINK “The expansion of the Australian…
Reconstruction of the Morasko meteoroid impact—Insight from numerical modeling.
Bronikowska, M., Artemieva, N. A. and Wünnemann, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12882 LINK “The Morasko strewn field located near Poznań, Poland comprises seven impact craters with diameters ranging from 20 to 90 m,…
Meteorite transport—Revisited
Wisdom, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12876 LINK “Meteorites are delivered from the asteroid belt by way of chaotic zones (Wisdom 1985a). The dominant sources are believed to be the chaotic zones associated with…
Refinement of Bolide Characteristics from Infrasound measurementsOPEN ACCESS
Nayeob Gi, Peter Brown PDF (OPEN ACCESS) arXiv:1704.07794 Update (29 April 2017): LINK “We have detected and performed signal measurements on 78 individual bolide events as recorded at 179 infrasound stations between 2006 and 2015….
Asteroid impact effects and their immediate hazards for human populations
Rumpf, Clemens M., Lewis, Hugh G., Atkinson, Peter M. Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2017GL073191 19 April 2017 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) until 19 May 2017 “A set of 50,000 artificial Earth impacting asteroids was used to…
Park Forest (L5) and the asteroidal source of shocked L chondrites.
Meier, M. M. M., Welten, K. C., Riebe, M. E. I., Caffee, M. W., Gritsevich, M., Maden, C. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12874 LINK “The Park Forest (L5) meteorite fell in…
A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact airburstsOPEN ACCESS
Collins, Gareth S., Lynch, Elliot, McAdam, Ronan, Davison, Thomas M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12873 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroids and comets 10–100 m in size that collide with Earth disrupt dramatically…
On Shock Waves and the Role of Hyperthermal Chemistry in the Early Diffusion of Overdense Meteor TrainsOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Wayne K. Hocking, Mihai L. Niculescu, Maria Gritsevich, Reynold E. Silber accepted for publication in MNRAS on 12 April 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) update (17 April 2017): abstract “Studies of meteor trails…
Stony Meteoroid Space Erosion and Drag: Effect on Cosmic Ray Exposure Ages
David Parry Rubincam Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript Available online 12 April 2017 doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.04.003 LINK “Highlights • Particles impacting a meteoroid cause space erosion in addition to a drag force. • The meteoroid’s shrinking size…
Current status of Polish Fireball Network
M. Wiśniewski, P. Żołądek, A. Olech, Z. Tyminski, M. Maciejewski, K. Fietkiewicz, R. Rudawska, M. Gozdalski, M.P. Gawroński, T. Suchodolski, M. Myszkiewicz, M. Stolarz, K. Polakowski Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Modeling the influence of the Chelyabinsk meteorite’s bow shock wave on the Earth’s surface
A. V. Astanin, A. D. Dashkevich, I. B. Petrov, M. N. Petrov, S. V. Utyuzhnikov, N. I. Khokhlov Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations March 2017, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 133–141 First Online: 24 March…
The impact trajectory of asteroid 2008 TC3
Davide Farnocchia, Peter Jenniskens, Darrel K. Robertson, Steven R. Chesley, Linda Dimare, Paul W. Chodas Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 March 2017 LINK “Highlights • 2008 TC3 was the first ever predicted…
Numerical prediction of meteoric infrasound signaturesOPEN ACCESS
Marian Nemec, Michael J. Aftosmis, Peter G. Brown Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 March 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a thorough validation of a computational approach to predict…
Ablation of small iron meteoroids – first results
David Čapek, Jiří Borovička Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 March 2017 LINK “A population of faint meteors with low velocities, and low beginning heights have been described by Borovička…
Experimental Simulation of Meteorite Ablation during Earth Entry Using a Plasma Wind Tunnel
Stefan Loehle, Fabian Zander, Tobias Hermann, Martin Eberhart, Arne Meindl, Rainer Oefele, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Francois Colas, Pierre Vernazza, Alexis Drouard, and Jerome Gattacceca The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 837, Number 2 Published 2017 March 8 LINK…
Comparing eyewitness-derived trajectories of bright meteors to instrumentally-observed data
D.E. Moser Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 March 2017 LINK “Highlights • A tool to calculate crude meteor trajectories from eyewitness reports is described. • The tool’s performance is…
Degtevo (H5) registered as confirmed fall
Degtevo / Дёгтево (H5,S2,W0) is registered as confirmed fall in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK “Degtevo 49°09.6’N, 40°39.7’E Rostovskaya oblast’, Russia Confirmed fall: 20 March 2016 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Imamkulov Toir Mamazoirovich was…
Novel Experimental Simulations of the Atmospheric Injection of Meteoric Metals
J. C. Gómez Martín, D. L. Bones, J. D. Carrillo-Sánchez, A. D. James, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, B. Fegley Jr., and J. M. C. Plane The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 836, Number 2 Published February 23, 2017…
Modelling a short-wake meteor as a single or fragmenting body
M. Campbell-Brown Planetary and Space Science In Press, Available online 22 February 2017 LINK “An attempt is made to model a meteor observed with the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory tracking system using a single body…
AMSNEXRAD-Automated Detection of Meteorite Strewnfields in Doppler Weather Radar
Michael Hankey, Marc Fries, Rob Matson, Jeff Fries Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 February 2017 LINK “For several years meteorite recovery in the United States has been greatly enhanced…
Possible meteorite fall on 15 February 2017 (~2.40 p.m.) in Puya Medio, Co. San José de Mulatos, Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia
Possible (yet officially not confirmed) meteorite fall in the afternoon (~ 2.40 p.m.) of 15 February 2017 in the vereda ‘Puya Medio’ in the northeast of the corregimiento ‘San José de Mulatos’, in the municipality…
The January 7, 2015, superbolide over Romania and structural diversity of meter-sized asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Valentin I. Grigore, Ján Svoreň accepted in Planetary and Space Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (16 Feb 2017): abstract “Superbolides, i.e. extremely bright meteors produced by entries of meter-sized bodies into…
Mass Accumulation of Earth from Interplanetary Dust, Meteoroids, Asteroids and Comets
Gerhard Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Sandra Drolshagen, Jana Kretschmer, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science SI:Meteoroids 2016 Available online 14 February 2017 LINK “Using new data and recent models this paper derives a total combined flux…
Spectra and physical properties of Taurid meteoroids
Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Regina Rudawska, Leonard Kornoš Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 13 February 2017 LINK “Highlights • The widest spectral classification of Taurid meteors to date is presented….
Snow carrots after the Chelyabinsk event and model implications for highly porous solar system objects
Luther, R., Artemieva, N., Ivanova, M., Lorenz, C. and Wünnemann, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12831 LINK “After the catastrophic disruption of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid, small fragments formed funnels in the snow layer covering…
Photoacoustic Sounds from MeteorsOPEN ACCESS
Richard Spalding, John Tencer, William Sweatt, Benjamin Conley, Roy Hogan, Mark Boslough, GiGi Gonzales & Pavel Spurný Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 41251 (2017) doi:10.1038/srep41251 Published online: 01 February 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Effect of Yield Curves and Porous Crush on Hydrocode Simulations of Asteroid AirburstOPEN ACCESS
D.K. Robertson, D.L. Mathias Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 6 February 2017 First published: 23 March 2017 DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005194 Last update: 23 March 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Simulations of…
Meteorite Recovery Using an Autonomous Drone and Machine Learning
R. I. Citron, A. Shah, S. Sinha, C. Watkins, P. Jenniskens 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2528 LINK
A Method for Estimating Meteorite Fall Mass from Weather RADAR Data
C. E. Laird, M. Fries, R. Matson 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2129 LINK
On the Existence of Meteoroid Groups, Containing Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites
N. A. Konovalova 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1392 PDF
A Very Bright Daylight Bolide Witnessed on May 17, 2016 Over Galicia, Spain
J. A. Docobo, P. P. Campo, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M. Madiedo 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1883 PDF
Meteoriteorbits.info – Tracking All Known Meteorites with Photographic Orbits
M. M. M. Meier 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1178 PDF
PF120916 Piecki fireball and Reszel meteorite fallOPEN ACCESS
A. Olech, P. Żołądek, Z. Tymiński, M. Stolarz, M. Wiśniewski, M. Bęben, T. Lewandowski, K. Polak, A. Raj, P. Zaręba accepted for publication in Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On…
A tale of clusters: No resolvable periodicity in the terrestrial impact cratering recordOPEN ACCESS
Matthias M. M. Meier, Sanna Holm-Alwmark MNRAS (2017) stx211. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx211 Published: 25 January 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (updated: 1 Feb) LINK “Rampino & Caldeira (2015) carry out a circular spectral analysis (CSA) of the terrestrial…
Asteroid 2008 TC3 Breakup and Meteorite Fractions
Goodrich, C.; Jenniskens, P.; Shaddad, M. H.; Zolensky; M. E.; Fioretti, A. M. JSC-CN-38419, Conference Paper Asteroid Comets and Meteors Conference (ACM 2017); 10-14 Apr. 2017; Montevideo; Uruguay abstract “The recovery of meteorites from the…
Luminous Efficiency Estimates of Meteors -I. Uncertainty analysis
Dilini Subasinghe, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Edward Stokan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 January 2017 LINK “Highlights • The uncertainty in the luminous efficiency of meteors is examined. • Luminous efficiency…
Automated Systems for the analysis of meteor spectra
José M. Madiedo Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • A meteor spectroscopy survey called SMART is described. • Some hardware improvements to record meteor spectra…
Meteor studies in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, A. Acheli, J.H. Adams Jr., S. Ahmad, A. Ahriche, J.-N. Albert, D. Allard, G. Alonso, L. Anchordoqui, V. Andreev, A. Anzalone, W. Aouimeur, Y. Arai, N. Arsene, K. Asano, R. Attallah,…
Atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the Ejby meteorite fall in Denmark on February 6, 2016
P. Spurný, J. Borovička, G. Baumgarten, H. Haack, D. Heinlein, A.N. Sørensen Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 December 2016 LINK “A very bright bolide illuminated the sky over Denmark…
Asteroid Fragmentation Approaches for Modeling Atmospheric Energy Deposition
Paul J. Register, Donovan L. Mathias, Lorien F. Wheeler Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Fragmentation modeling approaches are compared using Chelyabinsk meteor data. • A new model…
DINGLE DELL (LL6, S2, W0) – 1.15-kg meteorite fall near Morawa, Western Australia on October 31, 2016 at 8.04-05 pm AWST
On 31 October 2016 at 8.04-05 pm AWST (12.04-05 p.m. UTC) a bolide was seen above Western Australia, coming in from a north-northeastern direction. It was recorded entering the atmosphere at 80.4 km above the…
Thermophysical properties of Almahata Sitta meteorites (asteroid 2008 TC3) for high-fidelity entry modeling
Stefan Loehle, Peter Jenniskens, Hannah Böhrk, Thomas Bauer, Henning Elsäβer, Derek W. Sears, Michael E. Zolensky and Muawia H. Shaddad Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12788 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “Asteroid…
Homing in for New Year: impact parameters and pre-impact orbital evolution of meteoroid 2014 AA
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, P. Mialle accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science Submitted on 4 Oct 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “On 2008 October 7, small asteroid…
Altitudinal dependence of meteor radio afterglows measured via optical counterparts
K. S. Obenberger, J. M. Holmes, J. D. Dowell, F. K. Schinzel, K. Stovall, E. K. Sutton, G. B. Taylor Geophysical Research Letters 43 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070059 LINK “Key Points We have measured the positions of…
EJBY (H5/6, S2, W0) registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On August 27, 2016 EJBY was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. “Ejby 55°42.02’N, 12°24.33’E Hovedstaden, Denmark Confirmed fall: 2016 Feb 6 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5/6) History: (H. Haack, NHMD): A bright fireball was…
Infrasound and seismic detections associated with the 7 September 2015 Bangkok fireballOPEN ACCESS
Corentin Caudron, Benoit Taisne, Anna Perttu, Milton Garcés, Elizabeth A. Silber, Pierrick Mialle Geoscience Letters December 2016, 3:26 First Online: 22 August 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A bright fireball was reported at 01:43:35 UTC on…
Rates, flux densities, and spectral indices of meteor radio afterglows
Obenberger, K. S., J. D. Dowell, P. J. Hancock, J. M. Holmes, T. R. Pedersen, F. K. Schinzel, and G. B. Taylor J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 6808–6817 Version of Record online: 9 JUL…
Radiation of molecules in Benešov bolide spectra
J. Borovička, A.A Berezhnoy Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2016 LINK “We analyzed molecular radiation in the spectra of the very bright Benešov bolide. The Benešov bolide appeared over the Czech…
Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee – 15 meteorites (79.46 g, LL7) of June 2, 2016 bolide (~10:56:28 UTC) found on White Mountain Apache Tribal land, Arizona, USA
Last update: 29 May, 2017 Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee ♫ has been officially registered as witnessed fall: LINK More information on the Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee fall can be read HERE. The meteorite search As announced by…
Formation of Vesicles Within the Fusion Crust of Eucritic Meteorites
Nicolau-Kuklińska A. Łosiak A. I. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6424 LINK
Meteorite Atmospheric Entry Reproduced in Plasmatron
Pittarello L. McKibbin S. Goderis S. Soens B. Bariselli F. Barros Dias B. R. Zavalan F. L. Magin T. Claeys Ph. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6062 LINK
Pre-Entry Size and Cosmic History of the Annama Meteorite
Kohout T. * Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Welten K. C. Laubenstein M. Caffee M. W. Gritsevich M. Grokhovsky V. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6316 abstract
FRIPON camera network officially launched on May 31, 2016
last update: 10 June 2016 With two-thirds of the cameras installed the French camera network FRIPON was officially launched on May 31, 2016. The remaining cameras will be installed in the course of this year….
Insights into secondary reactions occurring during atmospheric ablation of micrometeoroids.
Court, R. W. and Tan, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12652 LINK “Ablation of micrometeoroids during atmospheric entry yields volatile gases such as water, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide, capable of altering atmospheric chemistry…
An Earth-grazing fireball from the Daytime ζ-Perseid shower observed over Spain on 10 June 2012
José M. Madiedo, Francisco Espartero, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Sensi Pastor, José A. de los Reyes Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) on 2016 April 28 PDF (open access) abstract…
The origins of I-type spherules and the atmospheric entry of iron micrometeoroids.
Genge, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12645 LINK (open access) “The Earth’s extraterrestrial dust flux includes a wide variety of dust particles that include FeNi metallic grains. During their atmospheric entry iron micrometeoroids…
STUBENBERG – Fall (LL6) in Bavaria, Germany on 6 March at 9:36:51-56 p.m. UTC
An updated and extended version of this post has been established on this page: STUBENBERG Last update: 31 May 2017 The Stubenberg meteorite—An LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn…
Meteorites of bolide on February 17 at ~ 9:44:11 pm CST (UTC-6) have been found near Crosbyton, west of Lubbock, Texas, USA (updated: Feb. 29)
Last update (Feb. 29) On February 29, 2016 Sonny Clary reported on his website * that Terry Scott and himself had found a 36.1 gram specimen in a cotton field near Crosbyton, Texas (~ 33°39’34.3″N…
EJBY – Eleven meteorites (8937.78 g) found – Danekræ compensation paid – Fall on 6 February 2016 at 21:07:18-23 UTC in Ejby, Herlev, Glostrup, Vanløse, Sjælland, Denmark – Shattered meteorite main mass (~6.5 kg) in Herlev – Finds in Ejby (56 g, 522 g, 59.5 g, ~450g (?), ~400g (?) ), Glostrup (65 g) and Vanløse (18 g and ~300 g) (UPDT: Feb 24, 2017)
An updated and extended version of this post has been established on this Ejby page (Last update: 12 March 2017) Last update: 24 February 2017 (13:00 CET) According to a press release of the Statens…
Extended Meteor Hunting with Smartphones as Surveillance Cameras
P. G. Vizi, Sz. Bérczi, Sz. Csizmadia, T. Hegedus 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1797 PDF
Meteorite Fractures and Scaling for Atmospheric Entry
K. L. Bryson, D. R. Ostrowski 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2619 PDF
Mass Deficiency Problem in Large Meteorite Falls
N. A. Artemieva, V. V. Shuvalov 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1749 LINK
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database More information on the fall can be found HERE MetBull writeup 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary…
Determination of the height of the “meteoric explosion”
V. V. Shuvalov, O. P. Popova, V. V. Svettsov, I. A. Trubetskaya… Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 1-12 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Shuvalov, O.P….
The atmospheric impact trajectory of asteroid 2014 AA
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, P. G. Brown, P. W. Chodas PDF (open access) abstract updated on 10 March: Icarus, in Press, Accepted Manuscript LINK “Near-Earth asteroid 2014 AA entered the Earth’s atmosphere on 2014…
MURRILI meteorite (H5/S1, 1.68 kg) fallen on Nov 27, 2015 (10:43:44.50 UTC) was found at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South), South Australia – Success of Desert Fireball Network (updated: 5 Dec 2016)
Last update: December 5, 2016 Chasing Meteors ABC Radio National, Earshot, 5 December 2016 AUDIO (MP3) “I just went out on our little veranda for a smoking of relax after work and there is no…
A catalog of video records of the 2013 Chelyabinsk superbolide
Introductory comment: At last Nikita Loskutov’s excellent work in documenting the videos of the fall since 2013 has been acknowledged! I do welcome the publication of this paper and the online database very much! It…
Orbital and Physical Characteristics of Meter-scale Impactors from Airburst Observations
P. Brown, P. Wiegert, D. Clark, E. Tagliaferri Accepted to Icarus – Nov 23, 2015 PDF (full text) LINK “We have analysed the orbits and ablation characteristics in the atmosphere of 59 earth-impacting fireballs, produced…
Dynamic radio spectra from two fireballs
K. S. Obenberger, G. B. Taylor, C. S. Lin, J. Dowell, F. K. Schinzel and K. Stovall Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120, 9916–9928 Version of Record online: 14 NOV 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021229 LINK…
Laboratory Analyses of Meteoric Debris in the Upper stratosphere from Settling Bolide Dust Clouds
F.J.M. Rietmeijer, V. Della Corte, M. Ferrari, A. Rotundi, R. Brunetto Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.11.003 LINK “Bolide and fireball fragmentation produce vast amounts of dust that will slowly…
On the frequency of the superfireballs: more than 150 years of reports
Sandra Zamora, Fancisco Ocaña, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, Maruška Mole Proceedings of the IMC, Mistelbach, 2015 PDF (full text) abstract “Superfireballs are rare phenomena for which the reports are scarce and the estimation of their…
Are some meteoroids rubble piles?
Jiří Borovička Paper presented at the IAU Symposium 318 Asteroids: New Observations, New Models (Honolulu, USA, August 3-7, 2015). Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union arXiv:1510.07869 PDF (full text) abstract…
Ciechanów fireball: the body possibly related to near earth asteroids 2010 TB54 and 2010 SX11
A. Olech, P. Żołądek, M. Wiśniewski, R. Rudawska, J. Laskowski, K. Polakowski, M. Maciejewski, T. Krzyżanowski, T. Fajfer, and Z. Tymiński MNRAS(December 11, 2015) Vol. 454 2965-2971 doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1993 First published online October 17, 2015 LINK…
Possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015?
Steinar Midtskogen of the Norsk Meteornettverk reports about a possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015. Frequent search expeditions have so far not resulted in any finds. LINK VIDEO
Meteorite fall in San Carlos, Maldonado, Uruguay on 19th September 2015 – (updated Oct 22, 11:10 UTC)
A page with updated and additional information about this fall has been established on this SAN CARLOS (prov.) page (Last update: 14 April 2017) Last update: October 22, 2015, 11:10 UTC Interview with Gonzalo Tancredi…
Detailed information about SARIÇİÇEK Howardite meteorite fall (Bingöl,Turkey) released (updated Feb. 23)
Last updated: February 23, 2016 The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. Writeup of MB 105 The Turkish Meteorite Network has released detailed information about…
Gould’s Belt, interstellar clouds, and the Eocene–Oligocene helium-3 enhancement
David Parry Rubincam Icarus Volume 264, 15 January 2016, Pages 132–136 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.015 Available online 25 September 2015 LINK “Drag from hydrogen in the interstellar cloud which formed Gould’s Belt may have sent interplanetary dust particle…
SARIÇİÇEK – Bolide and rare achondrite (Howardite) meteorite fall around village Sarıçiçek, Bingöl province, Turkey on September 2, ~ 20:06 UTC (updated 24 Feb 2016)
Last update: Feb. 24, 2016 / 06:40 CET The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. LINK Writeup from MB 105 “Sariçiçek 38°54.10’N, 40°36.01’E Bingol, Turkey…
Large daytime bolide above Si Sawat (ศรีสวัสดิ์) , Kanchanaburi, Thailand, September 7, ~ 8.41a.m. local time (updated: Aug 22)
Last update: Aug. 22, 2016 Meteorites are expected to have fallen in the Sai Yok ( ไทรโยค) or Si Sawat (ศรีสวัสดิ์) districts (Amphoe), Kanchanaburi province. Two possible fall areas could be around or between Khao…
Chasing the Chelyabinsk asteroid N-body style
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, S. J. Aarseth Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (2015 August 24) arXiv:1508.05907 PDF (full text) abstract
Ionospheric disturbances in the vicinity of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid explosive disruption as inferred from dense GPS observations
N. P. Perevalova, N. V. Shestakov, S. V. Voeykov, H. Takahashi, M. Guojie Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064792 First published: 19 August 2015 LINK
Meteorite of fall on 30th July found near Moshampa, Zanjan, Iran (updated Jan. 24)
Updated: January 24, 2016 Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5) History: On Thursday, 2015…
A novel approach to fireball modeling: The observable and the calculated
Sansom, E. K., Bland, P., Paxman, J. and Towner, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12478 LINK
Orbit determination based on meteor observations using numerical integration of equations of motion
Vasily Dmitriev, Valery Lupovka, Maria Gritsevich Planetary and Space Science Available online 3 July 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.06.015 LINK
Towards the azimuthal characteristics of ionospheric and seismic effects of “Chelyabinsk” meteorite fall according to the data from coherent radar, GPS and seismic networks
O.I. Berngardt, N.P. Perevalova, K.A. Kutelev, G.A. Zherebtsov, A.A. Dobrynina, N.V. Shestakov, R.V.Zagretdinov, V.F.Bakhtiyarov, O.A.Kusonsky PDF (full text) abstract
The instrumentally recorded fall of the Križevci meteorite, Croatia, February 4, 2011.
Borovička, J., Spurný, P., Šegon, D., Andreić, Ž., Kac, J., Korlević, K., Atanackov, J., Kladnik, G., Mucke, H., Vida, D. and Novoselnik, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12469 LINK
A Fireball from an Aten Type Orbit Over Germany and Switzerland
Wimmer K., Gnos E., Heinlein D., Hofmann B. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5355 LINK
Annama H5 Meteorite Fall: Orbit, Trajectory, Recovery, Petrology, Noble Gases, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides
Kohout T., Gritsevich M., Lyytinen E., Moilainen J., Trigo-Rodríguez J. M., Kruglikov N.,Ishchenko A., Yakovlev G., Grokhovsky V., Haloda J., Halodova P., Meier M. M. M., Laubenstein M., Dimitrev V., Lupovka V. 78th Annual Meeting…
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S.R. Chesley, M. Micheli Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 June 2015 LINK
Main parameters of meteoroid motion during the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite shower on February 15, 2013
Golubaev, A. V. Solar System Research, Volume 49, Issue 3, pp.147-158 Original Russian Text © A.V. Golubaev, 2015, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2015, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 163–175. LINK
Radiative characteristics of the Chelyabinsk superbolide
Masahisa Yanagisawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, available online 1 May 2015 LINK
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, M. Micheli arXiv:1504.00025 PDF (full text) LINK
A population of small refractory meteoroids in asteroidal orbits
M. Campbell-Brown Planetary and Space Science available online 2 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.03.022 LINK
Prof. Phil Bland on the Australian Desert Fireball Network
Networks of cameras record fireballs in the sky Phil Bland, Professor of Planetary Science at Curtin University in Perth, describes the Australian Desert Fireball Network Science Show, ABC, 28 March 2015 (4:03 min.) AUDIO (MP3)…
Spectroscopy of a κ-Cygnid fireball afterglow
José M. Madiedo Planetary and Space Science (accepted for publication on March 22, 2015 ) LINK PDF (full text)
Optical observations of meteors generating infrasound: Weak shock theory and validation
Silber, E. A., P. G. Brown, and Z. Krzeminski (2015) J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JE004680 Article first published online: 18 MAR 2015 LINK
Large bolide disintegrates above Swiss Alps (15 March, 19:44 UTC)
Large bolide with fragmentations and detonations, at least 8.8 seconds The end of the trajectory was probably above the high Alps in Switzerland, just southsoutheast of Lake Lucerne. Update (16 March 2015): First trajectory calculation…
The August θ-Aquillid fireballs and possible relationship with the asteroid 2004MB6
Kokhirova, G. I. and Babadzhanov, P. B. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12431 LINK
Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first-century fireball of historical importance
Hartmann, W. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12428 LINK
The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011
Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 5–18 DOI 10.5277/met140101 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and…
Effects of meteoroid shape on cosmogenic nuclide production processes
Masarik, J. and Beňo, J. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12423 LINK
Modeling the Chelyabinsk Impact, 2
D. G. Korycansky 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1144 PDF LINK
Cosmogenic radionuclides and mineralogical properties of the Chelyabinsk (LL5) meteorite: What do we learn about the meteoroid?
Povinec, P. P., Laubenstein, M., Jull, A. J. T., Ferrière, L., Brandstätter, F., Sýkora, I., Masarik, J., Beňo, J., Kováčik, A., Topa, D. and Koeberl, C. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12419 LINK
On the hunt for rare rock after meteorite falls from sky / Bolide, 20 December 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
Geoscience professor asking for public’s help to locate fragments 20 December, 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada “Hildebrand says the apparent weakness displayed indicates this rock was unusual, probably…
Meteoroid impacts onto asteroids: a competitor for Yarkovsky and YORP
Paul A. Wiegert Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.022 available online 8 January 2015 LINK
Approximation by elementary functions for the solution of meteor physics equations (in Russian) / АППРОКСИМАЦИЯ РЕШЕНИЯ УРАВНЕНИЙ МЕТЕОРНОЙ ФИЗИКИ ЭЛЕМЕНТАРНЫМИ ФУНКЦИЯМИ
М.И. Грицевич, В.Т. Лукашенко, Л.И. Турчак M.I. Gritsevich, V.T. Lukashenko, L.I. Turchak LINK (DOC)
New methodology to determine the terminal height of a fireball
Manuel Moreno-Ibáñez, Maria Gritsevich, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.027 available online 7 January 2015 (updated 6 February 2015) PDF (full text) LINK
Bolide seen from Loxton, Riverland district, South Australia, 2 January 2015, 13:39:12 UTC
Bolide seen from Loxton, Riverland district, South Australia, 2 January 2015, 13:39:12 UTC (3 December, 12:09:12 AM local) seen moving towards northnorthwest, at least 8 seconds Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 Screenshot 3 Screenshot 4 Screenshot…
Thermally Induced Chemistry of Meteoritic Complex Organic Molecules: A New Heat-Diffusion Model for the Atmospheric Entry of Meteorites
Christopher N. Shingledecker submitted on 16 Dec 2014 arXiv:1412.5134v1 PDF LINK LINK
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC
Update (24 May 2015) Žd’ár nad Sázavou was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on 24 May 2015 LINK UPDATE (2 January 2015): A report from the Czech Astronomical Society about the meteorite search expedition,…
Optical Observations of Meteors Generating Infrasound – II: Weak Shock Theory and Validation
Elizabeth A. Silber, Peter G. Brown, Zbigniew Krzeminski Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets arXiv:1411.5406 PDF LINK LINK
Bolide Events 1994-2013 world map
New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population LINK A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors Brown et…
Meteor northeast of Grenaa, Jutland, Denmark, 4 November, 20:17 UTC
Seen from Oslo in southern direction. The bolide was also recorded for 2 seconds by Jesper Green from Silkeborg in Denmark* and the bearing reveals that the meteor coming from an eastsoutheasterly direction ended its…
Meteor and trail in time lapse
video shot on October 16th, 2014 by Wes Eisenhauer outside of Custer, South Dakota. (120 consecutive 30 second exposures) Originally posted HERE by Wes Eisenhauer on October 31, 2014 Watch in HD (full screen) original…
Reanalysis of the Benešov bolide and recovery of polymict breccia meteorites – old mystery solved after 20 years
Pavel Spurný, Jakub Haloda, Jiří Borovička, Lukáš Shrbený and Patricie Halodová Published online: 14 October 2014 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424308 LINK (full text) PDF LINK (full text) Abstract The main motivation for this work was to explain…
Bolide on the weather report 2 October 22:37 local time (2:37 UTC, 4:37 CEST), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
TVA evening news show Meteor was probably above New York State VIDEO (full screen) LINK
Trajectory, orbit, and spectroscopic analysis of a bright fireball observed over Spain on April 13, 2013
José M. Madiedo, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Jaime Zamorano, Leonor Ana-Hernández, Jaime Izquierdo, José L. Ortiz, Aberto J. Castro-Tirado, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, Francisco Ocaña, Sensi Pastor, José A. de los Reyes, David Galadí, Enrique de…
Space erosion and cosmic ray exposure ages of stony meteorites
David Parry Rubincam LINK Abstract Space erosion from dust impacts may set upper limits on the cosmic ray exposure (CRE) ages of stony meteorites. A meteoroid orbiting within the asteroid belt is bombarded by both…
Recent multi-kiloton impact events: are they truly random?
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos arXiv:1409.0452 revised 16 Sept 2014 ; Printed 17 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK It is customarily assumed that Earth-striking meteoroids are completely random, and that…
Meteor, 7 September, 6:57 a.m. local time, Catalunya, Spain
Meteor, 7 September, 6:57 a.m. local time, Catalunya, Spain smoke trail above Vall de Lord (photo: David Gaspar): PHOTO LINK LINK (Original) Video (4:56:47 – 4:56:52 UTC recorded in Folgueroles by Pep Pujols): VIDEO Imatge…
Chelyabinsk triptych completed
After one year the Ural painter Albert Rastjapi / Альберт Растяпи has completed his Chelyabinsk triptych LEFT PANEL CENTRAL PANEL RIGHT PANEL LINK (Original) English machine translation: LINK
The Smoke Train of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid
N. A. Artemieva and V. V. Shuvalov PDF LINK
Hyperbolic meteors: Interstellar or generated locally via the gravitational slingshot effect?
Paul A. Wiegert DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.06.031 Icarus, Volume 242, 1 November 2014, Pages 112–121 Available online 18 July 2014 LINK
Reconstructing the Chelyabinsk event: pre-impact orbital evolution
de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. MNRAS (September 1, 2014) Vol. 443 L39-L43 First published online June 26, 2014 LINK
Infrasound detection of the Chelyabinsk meteor at the USArray
Catherine D. de Groot-Hedlin, Michael A.H. Hedlin Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 402, 15 September 2014, Pages 337–345 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.031 LINK
The Tajikistan superbolide of July 23, 2008. I. Trajectory, orbit, and preliminary fall data
Konovalova, N. A., Madiedo, J. M. and Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2469–2479. doi: 10.1111/maps.12217 LINK The bolide was first recorded at a height of 38.2 km, reached its maximum brightness…
Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery, and Characterization
Olga P. Popova, Peter Jenniskens, Vacheslav Emel’yanenko, Anna Kartashova, Eugeny Biryukov, Sergey Khaibrakhmanov, Valery Shuvalov, Yurij Rybnov, Alexandr Dudorov, Victor I. Grokhovsky, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Qing-Zhu Yin, Peter S. Gural, Jim Albers, Mikael Granvik, Läslo…
A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors
Brown et al. Nature 503, 238–241 (14 November 2013), doi:10.1038/nature12741 LINK
The trajectory, structure and origin of the Chelyabinsk asteroidal impactor
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown, Paul Wiegert, Pavel Kalenda, David Clark & Lukáš Shrbený Nature (2013) doi:10.1038/nature12671, Published online 06 November 2013 LINK
Earth-viewing satellite perspectives on the Chelyabinsk meteor event
Miller SD, Straka III WC, Bachmeier AS, Schmit TJ, Partain PT and Noh Y-J (2013) PNAS 110:18092-18097. LINK
A sensitivity analysis of meteoric infrasound
Haynes, C. P., and C. Millet Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Vol 118 Issue 10 Haynes CP and Millet C (in press) LINK
