Pre-airburst Orbital Evolution of Earth’s Impactor 2018 LA: An UpdateOPEN ACCESS
C. de la Fuente Marcos,R. de la Fuente Marcos PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Accepted for publication in Research Notes of the AAS Submitted: 22 July, 2018 “Apollo meteoroid 2018 LA has become only the third natural…
Detection of meteoroid impacts by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper on the GOES‐16 satelliteOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Jim Albers, Clemens E. Tillier, Samantha F. Edgington, Randolph S. Longenbaugh, Steven J. Goodman, Scott D. Rudlosky, Alan R. Hildebrand, Lincoln Hanton, Fabio Ciceri, Richard Nowell, Esko Lyytinen, Donald Hladiuk, Dwayne Free, Nicholas…
Modeling the measurement accuracy of pre-atmosphere velocities of meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown MNRAS Preprint 10 July 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Many existing optical meteor trajectory estimation methods use the approximation that the velocity of the meteor at the beginning of…
First meteorite (17.92 g) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018) found in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi, Botswana
Last update: 11 July 2018 The meteorite in situ. Photo: Peter Jenniskens/Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) On 23 June, after five days of searching and on the last day of the planned…
Atmospheric Energy Deposition Modeling and Inference for Varied Meteoroid StructuresOPEN ACCESS
Lorien F. Wheeler, Donovan L. Mathias, Edward Stokan, Peter G. Brown Icarus Available online 28 June 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The fragment-cloud model is extended to represent atmospheric breakup of…
Meteorite flaws and scaling for atmospheric entry
Kathryn L. Bryson, Daniel R. Ostrowski, Aline Blasizzo Planetary and Space Science Available online 28 June 2018 doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2018.06.018 LINK “Highlights • Scale strength of meteorite to parent body using scaling factor. • Non-destructive technique to…
Simulating the Propagation of Infrasonic Waves and Estimating the Energy of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid Explosion Observed on February 15, 2013
S. N. Kulichkov, O. Ye. Popov, K. V. Avilov, I. P. Chunchuzov, O. G. Chkhetiani, A. A. Smirnov, V. I. Dubrovin, A. A. Mishenin Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics May 2018, Volume 54, Issue 3,…
On the Pre-impact Orbital Evolution of 2018 LA, Parent Body of the Bright Fireball Observed over Botswana on 2018 June 2OPEN ACCESS
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos Accepted for publication in Research Notes of the AAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On 2018 June 2, meteoroid 2018 LA became the third natural body ever…
Bolide of asteroid 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) above Botswana on 2 June 2018 at ~18.49.17-23 local time (UTC+2)
Last update: 7 July 2018 First meteorite (17.92 g) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018) found in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana The bolide of asteroid 2018 LA CCTV recording by Barend…
Meteorites (L5) found in and around the villages Manlun (曼伦) and MANGUI (曼桂), Menghai County (勐海县), Autonomous Dai Prefecture Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) in Yunnan (云南), China. Meteorite fall at ~21:43 (CST, UTC+08:00) on 1 June 2018
Last update: 9 July 2018 A meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (L5 / 84 g), was found by a local villager in the early morning of 2 June 2018. The meteorite hit a roof tile of…
Determination of Meteorite Trajectories: Observations and Modeling
A. Yu. Gavrilov, M. G. Lebedev Computational Mathematics and Modeling July 2018, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp 265–274 Translated from Prikladnaya Matematika i Informatika, No. 56, 2017, pp. 18–29. LINK “We construct the complete trajectory…
Physics of Meteor Generated Shock Waves in the Earth’s Atmosphere – A ReviewOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Mark Boslough, Wayne K. Hocking, Maria Gritsevich, Rodney W. Whitaker Advances in Space Research, Review 19 May 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Shock waves and the associated phenomena generated by strongly ablating…
Study of injuries from the Chelyabinsk airburst event
A.P. Kartashova, O.P. Popova, D.O. Glazachev, P. Jenniskens, d, V.V. Emelˈyanenko, Е.D. Podobnaya, A. Ya Skripnik Planetary and Space Science Available online 23 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • The new data on injuries from the…
Meteor showers from active asteroids and dormant comets in near-Earth space: a reviewOPEN ACCESS
Quan-Zhi Ye Planetary and Space Science in press PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Small bodies in the solar system are conventionally classified into asteroids and comets. However, it is recently found that a small number of objects…
Identification of meteorite source regions in the solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Mikael Granvik, Peter Brown Icarus Available online 14 April 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over the past decade there has been a large increase in the number of automated camera networks that monitor…
Magnetic and Ionospheric Effects of a Meteoroid Plume
L. F. Chernogor Geomagnetism and Aeronomy January 2018, Volume 58, Issue 1, pp 119–126 First Online: 21 March 2018 LINK “This paper is concerned with the study of the possibility of products of a meteoroid…
A Preliminary Analysis of the Shangri-La Bolide on 2017 Oct 4OPEN ACCESS
Quan-Zhi Ye Earth and Planetary Physics in press PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “At 12:07 UT (8:07 pm China Standard Time) on 2017 Oct 4, a bright bolide was widely observed in the Shangri-La region in the…
Towards a theoretical determination of the geographical probability distribution of meteoroid impacts on EarthOPEN ACCESS
Jorge I. Zuluaga, Mario Sucerquia Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) update (15 March 2018 ): LINK “Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impact events occurred inside a geographical area of only 3.4% of the Earth’s…
The frequency of window damage caused by bolide airbursts: a quarter century case studyOPEN ACCESS
Nayeob Gi, Peter Brown, Michael Aftosmis Meteorit Planet Sci. (MAPS) First published: 10 April 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (11 April 2018): LINK “We have empirically estimated how often fireball shocks produce overpressure at the…
Radiative Heating of Large Meteoroids During Atmospheric EntryOPEN ACCESS
Christopher O. Johnston, Eric C. Stern, Lorien F. Wheeler Icarus, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 February 2018 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Navier-Stokes flowfield simulations with coupled radiation and ablation developed •…
3D Meteoroid TrajectoriesOPEN ACCESS
Eleanor K. Sansom, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Mark G. Rutten, Phil A. Bland, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Robert M. Howie, Morgan A. Cox, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupak, Benjamin A. D. Hartig submitted to Icarus (abstract changed…
Probing the use of spectroscopy to determine the meteoritic analogues of meteorsOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, P. Vernazza, S. Loehle, J. Gattacceca, J. Vaubaillon, B. Zanda, M. Birlan, S. Bouley, et al. A&A, Forthcoming article Accepted: 26 January 2018 LINK Update (16 February 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Determining…
Magnetization of Extraterrestrial Allende material may relate to terrestrial descend
Gunther Kletetschka Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 487, 1 April 2018, Pages 1–8 Available online 3 February 2018 LINK “Highlights • Magnetic component of Allende connects to the descend through the terrestrial atmosphere. •…
Characteristics of a Well Recorded, Bright, Meteorite-Dropping Fireball, British Columbia, Canada, September 4, 2017
A. R. Hildebrand, L. T. J. Hanton, F. Ciceri, R. Nowell, E. Lyytinen, E. A. Silber, P. G. Brown, N. Gi, P. M. M. Jenniskens, J. Albers, D. Hladiuk 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference…
Luminous efficiency estimates of meteors -II. Application to Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory meteor eventsOPEN ACCESS
Dilini Subasinghe, Margaret Campbell-Brown Accepted December 19, 2017 to The Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Luminous efficiency is a necessary parameter for determining meteoroid mass from optical emission. Despite this importance, it is very poorly…
Autonomous spectrographic system to analyse the main elements of fireballs and meteorsOPEN ACCESS
Francisco Ángel Espartero, Germán Martínez, Marta Frías, Francisco Simón Montes Moya and Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado Earth, Planets and Space 2018 70:2 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a meteor observation system based on imaging CCD cameras,…
Air penetration enhances fragmentation of entering meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
M. E. Tabetah and H. J. Melosh Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.13034 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The entry and subsequent breakup of the ~17–20 m diameter Chelyabinsk meteoroid deposited approximately 500 kT of TNT…
Theoretical analysis of the atmospheric entry of sub-mm meteoroids of MgxCa1−xCO3 composition
G. Micca Longo, S. Longo Icarus Available online 9 December 2017 LINK “Highlights • This paper is the first study of the atmospheric entry of grains made of mixed carbonatic composition. • Such compositions have…
Calibration-free quantitative elemental analysis of meteor plasma using reference laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of meteorite samples
Martin Ferus, Jakub Koukal, Libor Lenza, Jiri Srba, Petr Kubelik, Vojtech Laitl, Ekaterina M. Zanozina, Pavel Vana, Tereza Kaiserova, Antonin Knizek, Paul Rimmer, Elias Chatzitheodoridis, and Svatopluk Civid A&A, Forthcoming article Accepted: 03 December 2017…
Analysing Meteoroid Flights Using Particle FiltersOPEN ACCESS
Eleanor K. Sansom, Mark G. Rutten, Phillip A. Bland The Astronomical Journal 153, no. 2 (2017): 87 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fireball observations from camera networks provide position and time information along the trajectory of a…
Meteorite flux to Earth in the Early Cretaceous as reconstructed from sediment-dispersed extraterrestrial spinelsOPEN ACCESS
Birger Schmitz; Philipp R. Heck; Walter Alvarez; Noriko T. Kita; Surya S. Rout; Anders Cronholm; Céline Defouilloy; Ellinor Martin; Jan Smit; Fredrik Terfelt Geology July 2017, Vol.45, 807-810. doi:10.1130/G39297.1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Proto-type installation of a double-station system for the optical-video-detection and orbital characterisation of a meteor/fireball in South KoreaOPEN ACCESS
Tobias Cornelius Hinse, Woo-Kyum Kim, Sang-Hyeon Ahn, Jae-Keun Lee, Jun-Hyeong Park, Young-Woo Lee, Woo-Jung Jeong, Sang-Min Woo Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We give a detailed description of the installation and…
26Al Isotope in Pultusk Meteorite Fragments
Tymiński Z. Krzesińska A. M. Burakowska A. Stępisiewicz M. Tymińska K. Dziel T. Olech A. Żołądek P. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6278] abstract “Low deviations in 26Al distribution between analysed Pultusk…
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…
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 (L/LL5, S2, W0) – 1.15-kg meteorite fall near Morawa, Western Australia on October 31, 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC)
Last update: 9 June 2017 On 31 October 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC) a bolide was seen above Western Australia, coming in from a north-northeastern direction. It was recorded entering the atmosphere…
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 11, 2018)
An updated and extended version of this post has been established on this Ejby page (Last update: 11 February 2018) Last update: 11 February 2018 (11:00 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 smoke and a relax after work and there is…
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 Comment on “Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first‐century fireball of historical importance” William K. Hartmann, Alexander Forte, Alina SABYR Meteorit Planet Sci. ….
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…
