Perspectives and challenges in bolide infrasound processing and interpretation: A focused review with case studiesOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Remote Sensing. 2024; 16(19):3628 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Infrasound sensing plays a critical role in the detection and analysis of bolides, offering passive, cost-effective global monitoring capabilities. Key objectives include determining the timing,…
Geophysical Observations of the 2023 September 24 OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule ReentryOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel C. Bowman, Chris G. Carr, David P. Eisenberg, Brian R. Elbing, Benjamin Fernando, Milton A. Garcés, Robert Haaser, Siddharth Krishnamoorthy, Charles A. Langston, Yasuhiro Nishikawa, Jeremy Webster, Jacob F. Anderson, Stephen…
Detection of fireballs in the lightning imager dataOPEN ACCESS
Pierre Kokou Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,Published: 03 September 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1 satellite, launched on 13 December 2022, features the first Lightning Imager…
Spectral properties of ablating meteorite samples for improved meteoroid composition diagnosticsOPEN ACCESS
Pavol Matlovič, Adriana Pisarčíková, Veronika Pazderová, Stefan Loehle, Juraj Tóth, Ludovic Ferrière, Peter Čermák, David Leiser, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Ranjith Ravichandran Astronomy & Astrophysics preprint, August 23, 2024 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Emission spectra and diagnostic spectral…
A comparison of fireball luminous efficiency models using acoustic records
Luke McFadden, Peter G. Brown, Denis Vida IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 August 2024 LINK “Highlights “The total energy of a fireball is commonly obtained from optical measurements with an assumed value for…
How likely is the interstellar origin of CNEOS14? On the reliability of the CNEOS databaseOPEN ACCESS
Hector Socas-Navarro Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript, 28 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “This paper investigates the likelihood that the CNEOS 2014-01-08 superbolide (CNEOS14) was caused by an interstellar object. This issue has remained controversial due…
The 18 May 2024 superbolide over the Iberian Peninsula: USG space sensors and ground-based independent observationsOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Pau Grèbol-Tomàs, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Pablo Ramírez-Moreta, Rainer Kresken Submitted to MNRAS, Preprint 27 May 2024, replaced with version 2 (preprint 28 May 2024) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “[VERSION 2, 28 May]: On 18…
Determining the population of large meteoroids in major meteor showersOPEN ACCESS
K.S. Wisniewski, P.G. Brown, D.E. Moser, R. Longenbaugh IcarusAvailable online 9 May 2024, 116118 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 May 2024): LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “We have estimated the largest meteoroids present in major meteor…
The utility of infrasound in global monitoring of extraterrestrial impacts: A case study of the 23 July 2008 Tajikistan bolideOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Among various observational techniques used for detection of large bolides on a global scale is a low frequency sound known as infrasound….
Improvements in digital meteor spectra reductionOPEN ACCESS
Marko Šegon, Vlastimil Vojáček & Jiří Borovička Experimental AstronomyVolume 57, article number 9Published: 06 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This study addresses the complexity and importance of developing a method of calibrating digital…
RIBBECK (2024 BX1) Aubrite meteorite fall (~ 1760 g) between Selbelang (Paulinenaue), Ribbeck, Berge and Lietzow (Nauen), Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany at 00:32:38-44 UT on 21 January 2024
Last update: 25 September 2024 (18:30 CEST) On 5 February 2024 it was officially anounced in a press release by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin that the fall was classified as an Aubrite: press release….
Properties, age, and origin of a huge meteor cluster observed over Scandinavia on 30 October 2022OPEN ACCESS
Pavel Koten, David Čapek, Steinar Midtskogen, Lukáš Shrbený, Pavel Spurný, Mike Hankey Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. 48618finalJanuary 10, 2024 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Context. A meteor outburst consisting of at least 22 meteors above the…
Current status of the Extension of the FRIPON network in ChileOPEN ACCESS
Felipe Gutiérrez Rojas, Sébastien Bouquillon, Rene A. Mendez, Hernan Pulgar, Marcelo Tala Pinto, Katherine Vieira, Millarca Valenzuela Picón, Andrés Jordán, Christian H.R. Nitschelm, Massinissa Hadjara, José Luis Nilo Castellón, Maja Vuckovic, Hebe Cremades, Bin Yang,…
The optical, seismic, and infrasound signature of the March 5 2022, bolide over Central ItalyOPEN ACCESS
Marco Olivieri, Davide Piccinini, Gilberto Saccorotti, Dario Barghini, Daniele Gardiol, Nicola Alessandro Pino, Maurizio Ripepe, Giulio Betti, Giorgio Lacanna & Lorenzo Arcidiaco Scientific Reports, Volume 13, Article number: 21135Published: 30 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Meteorite temperature measurements during ground testing
David Leiser, Christian Dürnhofer, Erik Poloni, Stefan Löhle, Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Jérémie Vaubaillon IcarusAvailable online 11 November 2023, 115867 LINK “Ground testing meteorite samples offer in-situ measurements of known materials in conditions that occur…
GOES GLM, biased bolides, and debiased distributionsOPEN ACCESS
Anthony Ozerov, Jeffrey C. Smith, Jessie L. Dotson, Randolph S. Longenbaugh, Robert L. Morris IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 October 2023 LINK Update (7 November 2023): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The large combined field…
Meteorite material luminous efficiencies from ground testing of meteoroid entry
S. Loehle, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusAvailable online 29 September 2023, 115817 LINK “The paper reports the determination of luminous efficiency values from ground testing of a comprehensive set of meteorite samples. The…
Assessment of meteoroid pre-atmospheric diameter from brightness measurements prior to fragmentationOPEN ACCESS
Christopher O. Johnston, Eric C. Stern IcarusAvailable online 20 September 2023, 115807 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights New method developed for determining a meteoroid diameter based on the measured lightcurve. New method is made feasible by…
Discovery of Spherules of Likely Extrasolar Composition in the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) BolideOPEN ACCESS
Abraham Loeb, Toby Adamson, Sophie Bergstrom, Richard Cloete, Shai Cohen, Kevin Conrad, Laura Domine, Hairuo Fu, Charles Hoskinson, Eugenia Hyung, Stein Jacobsen, Mike Kelly, Jason Kohn, Edwin Lard, Sebastian Lam, Frank Laukien, Jim Lem, Rob…
On the Proposed Interstellar Origin of the USG 20140108 FireballOPEN ACCESS
Peter G. Brown, Jiří Borovička Accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A critical review of the evidence for the interstellar origin for the USG 20140108 fireball is presented. Examining USG fireball velocities where…
Experimentally Derived Luminous Efficiencies for Aluminum and Iron at Meteoric SpeedsOPEN ACCESS
L. K. Tarnecki, R. A. Marshall, J. Fontanese, Z. Sternovsky, T. Munsat Geophysical Research LettersFirst published: 04 April 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Calculating meteoroid masses from photometric observations relies on prior knowledge of…
Localizing The First Interstellar Meteor With Seismometer DataOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb submitted for publication PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The first meter-scale interstellar meteor (IM1) was detected by US government sensors in 2014, identified as an interstellar object candidate in 2019, and confirmed by…
TANXI meteorite fall (H6, >10.7 kg) in Tanxi (檀溪镇), Pujiang County (浦江县), Jinhua (金华市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), China at ~17:48:42- (CST)/ 9:48:42 (UT) on 15 December 2022
Last update: 21 January 2023 Meteorite fall (H6) in and around the villages Maodian, Chengtou and Siqian, within Tanxi Township, Pujiang County, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. According to media reports it fell around 17:48:42 (CST)…
Correction and calibration of atmospheric impact observations in GOES GLM dataOPEN ACCESS
Robert L. Morris, Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, Jessie L. Dotson, Eric C. Stern, Randolph S. Longenbaugh MAPSVersion of Record online: 24 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Earth’s atmosphere is impacted daily by both…
Hyperbolic meteors: is CNEOS 2014-01-08 interstellar?OPEN ACCESS
J. Vaubaillon published in WGN, the Journal of the IMO PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In 2019 a claim was made that the CNEOS 2014-01-08 meteor is interstellar. However, apparent interstellar meteors have been detected for decades….
Méthode des rayons complexes pour la propagation infrasonore. Application au bang sonique d’un météoroïde
Annie Zelias PhD thesis (in French) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Most of high-energy atmospheric phenomena, either natural (meteoroids, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.) or anthropogenic (aircraft, chemical or nuclear explosions, etc.) emit acoustic waves of frequencies lower than…
Oxygen line in fireball spectra and its application to satellite observationsOPEN ACCESS
V. Vojácek, J. Borovicka, P. Spurný Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)Received: 08 June 2022 / Accepted: 10 October 2022 PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Aims. Lightning mapper sensors on board weather satellites can be successfully used to observe fireballs….
Interstellar Meteors are Outliers in Material StrengthOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb submitted for publication in ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (16 December 2022): LINK (OPEN ACCESS), PDF (OPEN ACCESS)The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 941, Number 2 “The first interstellar meteor larger than…
Data on 824 fireballs observed by the digital cameras of the European Fireball Network in 2017-2018. II. Analysis of orbital and physical properties of cm-sized meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
J. Borovicka, P. Spurny and L. Shrbeny A&A, Forthcoming articleReceived: 06 June 2022 / Accepted: 06 September 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK
Data on 824 fireballs observed by the digital cameras of the European Fireball Network in 2017–2018. I. Description of the network, data analysis, and the catalogOPEN ACCESS
J. Borovicka, P. Spurny, L. Shrbeny, R. Stork, L. Kotkova, J. Fuchs, J. Keclikova, H. Zichova, J. Manek, P. Vachova, I. Macourkova, J. Svoren and H. Mucke Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. bolides-pap1_corr209 September 2022…
Preatmospheric Detection of a Meter-sized Earth ImpactorOPEN ACCESS
David L. Clark, Paul A. Wiegert, Peter G. Brown, Denis Vida, Aren Heinze, Larry Denneau This article has been submitted for publication in The Planetary Science Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update: (8 June 2023): The…
Characterization of the Fireballs Detected by All-sky Cameras in RomaniaOPEN ACCESS
Ioana Boaca, Maria Gritsevich, Mirel Birlan, Alin Nedelcu, Tudor Boaca, François Colas, Adrien Malgoyre, Brigitte Zanda, and Pierre Vernazza The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 936, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Some of the fields…
Object classification on video data of meteors and meteor-like phenomena: algorithm and dataOPEN ACCESS
Rabea Sennlaub, Martin Hofmann, Mike Hankey, Mario Ennes, Thomas Müller, Peter Kroll, Patrick Mäder Author Notes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 516, Issue 1, October 2022, Pages 811–823Published: 29 August 2022 PDF…
Bolide fragmentation: What parts of asteroid 2008 TC3 survived to the ground?OPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Darrel Robertson, Cyrena A. Goodrich, Muawia H. Shaddad, Ayman Kudoda, Anna M. Fioretti, Michael E. Zolensky MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacted the…
An Ocean Expedition by the Galileo Project to Retrieve Fragments of the First Large Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08OPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb, Tim Gallaudet submitted to the Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation. text overlap with arXiv:2204.08482 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The earliest confirmed interstellar object, `Oumuamua, was discovered in the Solar System by Pan-STARRS in…
Physical Effects of the Yushu Meteoroid: 1
L. F. Chernogor Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies, Volume 38, pages 132–147Published: 24 June 2022 LINK “The purpose of this article was to evaluate the mechanical, optical, and gasdynamic effects that accompanied the passage…
Rapid Recovery of a New Chondrite Meteorite near Natchez, Mississippi
Welzenbach L. C. * Fries M. D. Cooke W. J. Moser D. Hicks S. Rassmussen E. Satterwhite C. E. Righter K. Sheikh D. Ruzicka A. M. Hutson M. L. Vargas R. Stream M. Eckley S….
Orbital characterization of superbolides observed from space: Dynamical association with near-Earth objects, meteoroid streams and identification of hyperbolic projectilesOPEN ACCESS
E. Peña-Asensio, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, A. Rimola Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “There is an unceasing incoming flux of extraterrestrial materials reaching the Earth’s atmosphere. Some of these objects produce…
A Numerical Approach to Deriving Statistical Estimates of the Residual Mass, the Impact Point, and Other Meteorite Parameters from the Bright Section of the Trajectory
M. A. Krivov Computational Mathematics and ModelingPublished: 05 May 2022 LINK “Meteorite flight in the Earth’s atmosphere can be uniquely described by a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE), which requires two initial conditions and…
A Meteor of Apparent Interstellar Origin in the CNEOS Fireball CatalogOPEN ACCESS (16 April 2019 draft was updated on 19 April 2022, publ. 2 November 2022)
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb Update (2 November 2022): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 939, Number 1Published: 2 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The earliest confirmed interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, was discovered in the solar system…
New Constraints on the Composition and Initial Speed of CNEOS 2014-01-08
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb accepted for publication in RNAASSubmitted on 18 April 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We study the newly released light curve from the fireball of the first interstellar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08. The measured…
Successful Recovery of an Observed Meteorite Fall Using Drones and Machine LearningOPEN ACCESS
Seamus L. Anderson, Martin C. Towner, John Fairweather, Philip A. Bland, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Martin Cupak, Patrick M. Shober, Gretchen K. Benedix PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the first-time recovery of…
Arpu Kuilpu: An H5 from the Outer Main BeltOPEN ACCESS
Patrick M. Shober, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Seamus L. Anderson, Gretchen Benedix, Lucy Forman, Phil A. Bland, Robert M. Howie, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Matthias Laubenstein, Francesca…
Trajectory, recovery, and orbital history of the Madura Cave meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Patrick Shober, Seamus L. Anderson, Martin C. Towner, Anthony Lagain, Martin Cupák, Philip A. Bland, Robert M. Howie, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Marcin Sokolowski, Gretchen Benedix,…
Possible Origin of the First Iron Meteorite with an Instrumentally Documented Fall
Kyrylenko I. Golubov O. Slyusarev I. Visuri J. Gritsevich M. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2655] “We determine the orbit of the first iron meteoroid with instrumentally recorded fall, simulate its past orbital evolution…
Analysis of the April 13, 2021 bolide off the coast of Florida and Grand Bahama Island
Ashley Hughes, Ramanakumar Sankar, Kathryn E. Davis, Csaba Palotai, Dwayne L. Free MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 January 2022 LINK “In this paper, we examine the trajectory, orbital, and radiometric characteristics of the bolide event…
The Scientific Observation Campaign of the Hayabusa-2 Capsule Re-entryOPEN ACCESS
E. K. Sansom, H. A. R. Devillepoix, M.-Y. Yamamoto, S. Abe, S. Nozawa, M. C. Towner, M. Cupák, Y. Hiramatsu, T. Kawamura, K. Fujita, M. Yoshikawa, Y. Ishihara, I. Hamama, N. Segawa, Y. Kakinami, M….
Energy signature of ton TNT-class impacts: analysis of the 22 December 2018 fireball over Western Pyrenees
S Anghel, E Drolshagen, T Ott, M Birlan, F Colas, D A Nedelcu, D Koschny, B Zanda, S Bouley, S Jeanne, A Malgoyre, C Blanpain, J Gattacceca, L Jorda, J Lecubin, J L Rault, J…
Learning about comets from the study of mass distributions and fluxes of meteoroid streams
Josep M Trigo-Rodríguez, Jürgen Blum Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stab2827Published: 11 October 2021 LINK “Meteor physics can provide new clues about the size, structure, and density of cometary disintegration products, establishing a…
Novo Mesto meteorite fall – trajectory, orbit, and fragmentation analysis from optical observationsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Damir Šegon, Marko Šegon, Jure Atanackov, Bojan Ambrožič, Luke McFadden, Ludovic Ferrière, Javor Kac, Gregor Kladnik, Mladen Živčić, Aleksandar Merlak, Ivica Skokić, Lovro Pavletić, Gojko Vinčić, Ivica Ćiković, Zsolt Perkó, Martino Ilari, Mirjana…
On the capture of small stony asteroids into Earth orbit by atmospheric grazing
Shujuan Geng, Binghong Zhou, Mingtao Li Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stab2439Published: 30 August 2021 LINK “An Earth-grazing asteroid can be captured into a gravitational bound orbit around Earth during its transitory atmospheric…
Darkflight estimates of meteorite fall positions: issues and a case study using the Murrili meteorite fallOPEN ACCESS
M.C. Towner, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, M. Cupak, E.K. Sansom, H.A.R. Devillepoix, P.A. Bland, R.M Howie, J.P. Paxman, G.K. Benedix, B.A.D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (21 February 2022): The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 2LINK…
Review of synergic meteor observations: linking the results from cameras, ionosondes, infrasound and seismic detectors
Á Kereszturi, V Barta, I Bondár, Cs Czanik, A Igaz, P Mónus, D Rezes, L Szabados, B D Pál Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 506, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 3629–3640 LINK…
Bolide fragment detection in Doppler weather radar data using artificial intelligence / machine learning
Brendon Smeresky, Paul Abell, Marc Fries, Mike Hankey Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 27 July 2021 LINK “Unsupervised machine learning methods present a promising approach for detecting fragments produced from meteors and bolides as distinct…
The Global Meteor Network — Methodology and First ResultsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Damir Šegon, Peter S. Gural, Peter G. Brown, Mark J.M. McIntyre, Tammo Jan Dijkema, Lovro Pavletić, Patrik Kukić, Michael J. Mazur, Peter Eschman, Paul Roggemans, Aleksandar Merlak, Dario Zubović Accepted for publication in…
Infrasound signals of fireballs detected by the Geostationary Lightning MapperOPEN ACCESS
T. Ott, E. Drolshagen, D. Koschny, G. Drolshagen, C. Pilger, P. Gaebler, P. Hupe, P. Mialle, J. Vaubaillon and B. Poppe A&A 654, A98 (2021)Received 16 April 2021 / Accepted 19 July 2021 PDF (OPEN…
Infrasound detection and altitude estimation associated with the December 22, 2020 Yushu fireballOPEN ACCESS
Wei Cheng, Pengxiao Teng, Jun Lyu, Yijing Dai Geoscience Letters, Volume 8, Article number: 26 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A large bolide was reported at 23:23:33 UTC on December 22, 2020, at a…
An automated bolide detection pipeline for GOES GLMOPEN ACCESS
Jeffrey C. Smith, Robert L. Morris, Clemens Rumpf, Randolph Longenbaugh, Nina McCurdy, Christopher Henze, Jessie Dotson IcarusFirst published: 04 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • GOES Geostationary Lightning Mappers can be used…
Luminous efficiency of meteors derived from ablation model after assessment of its range of validityOPEN ACCESS
E. Drolshagen, T. Ott, D. Koschny, G. Drolshagen, J. Vaubaillon, F. Colas, B. Zanda, S. Bouley, S. Jeanne, A. Malgoyre, M. Birlan, P. Vernazza, D. Gardiol, D. A. Nedelcu, J. Rowe, M. Forcier, J. M….
To be or not to be, that is the question: The Marsala meteorite (Italy, 1834) and the role of the doubtful meteorites in the history of meteoriticsOPEN ACCESS
Annarita Franza, Marco Morelli, Daniela Faggi, Giovanni Pratesi Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 01 May 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This work focuses on the historical and scientific investigation of a presumed…
Luminous efficiency based on FRIPON meteors and limitations of ablation modelsOPEN ACCESS
E. Drolshagen, T. Ott, D. Koschny, G. Drolshagen, J. Vaubaillon, F. Colas, B. Zanda, S. Bouley, S. Jeanne, A. Malgoyre, M. Birlan, P. Vernazza, D. Gardiol, D. A. Nedelcu, J. Rowe, M. Forcier, J. M….
Luminous efficiency based on FRIPON meteorsOPEN ACCESS
Esther Drolshagen, Theresa Ott, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Francois Colas, Josep Maria Trigo-Rodriguez, Brigitte Zanda, Sylvain Bouley, Simon Jeanne, Adrien Malgoyre, Mirel Birlan, Pierre Vernazza, Daniele Gardiol, Dan Alin Nedelcu, Jim Rowe, Mathieu…
Satellite observation of the dust trail of a major bolide event over the Bering Sea on December 18, 2018OPEN ACCESS
J. Borovicka, M. Setvak, H. Roesli, J. K. Kerkmann accepted for publication in A&A PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “One of the most energetic bolide events in recent decades was detected by the US Government sensors (USGS)…
NEMO – The NEar real-time MOnitoring system – Harvesting information online for a fireball monitoring and alert system
Theresa Ott, Esther Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Christoph Pilger, Pierrick Mialle, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Björn Poppe Acta AstronauticaAvailable online 25 July 2020 LINK “Highlights • NEMO is an information collection and distribution system for bright…
A Case Study of the May 30th, 2017 Italian FireballOPEN ACCESS
A. Carbognani, D. Barghini, D. Gardiol, M. di Martino, G. B. Valsecchi, P. Trivero, A. Buzzoni, S. Rasetti, D. Selvestrel, C. Knapic, E. Londero, S. Zorba, C. A. Volpicelli, M. Di Carlo, J. Vaubaillon, C….
Tunguska eyewitness accounts, injuries, and casualties
Peter Jenniskens, Olga P. Popova, Dmitry O. Glazachev, Elena D. Podobnaya, Anna P. Kartashova Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 January 2019 LINK “Highlights • A literature study of over 700 eyewitness accounts…
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…
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…
MANGUI (L6, S5) meteorites 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: 31 August 2018 A meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (L6 / 84 g), was found by a local villager in the early morning of 2 June 2018. The meteorite hit a roof tile of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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 (H5/6, S2, 8982.4 g) found – Danekræ compensation paid – Fall on 6 February 2016 at 21:07:18-23 UTC in Ejby, Herlev, Glostrup, Rødovre, Vanløse, Sjælland, Denmark – Shattered meteorite main mass (6695.8 g) in Herlev – Finds in Ejby (58.8 g, 510.4 g, 437.7 g, 431 g, 350 g, 319 g, 38.5 g), Rødovre (58.5 g), Glostrup (64.6 g) and Vanløse (18.1 g) (UPDT: Jul 5, 2019)
An updated (2/2021) and extended version of this post has been established on this Ejby page (Last update of text below: 11 February 2018) Last update: 11 February 2018 (11:00 CET) According to a press…
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
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…
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/S2-5, 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
Last update: 15 February, 2021 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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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)
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…
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…
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…
[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,…
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…
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…
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…
