On Models of Meteoroid Fragmentation in the Atmosphere
I. G. Brykina, M. D. Bragin & L. A. Egorova Fluid Dynamics, Volume 58, pages 287–294Published: 17 May 2023 LINK “Various approaches are developed for modeling the destruction of cosmic bodies in the atmosphere into…
Morphology of Lakes of the Central Tunguska Plateau (Krasnoyarsk Krai, Evenkiya): New Data on the Problem of the Tunguska Event of 1908
D. Y. Rogozin, P. S. Krylov, A. N. Dautov, A. V. Darin, I. A. Kalugin, A. V. Meydus & A. G. Degermendzhy Doklady Earth SciencesPublished: 02 May 2023 LINK “The bottom morphology and thickness of…
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…
Semi-automatic meteoroid fragmentation modeling using genetic algorithmsOPEN ACCESS
Tomáš Henych, Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný Accepted for publication in A&A, Received 20 September, 2022; accepted 19 January 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteoroids are pieces of asteroids and comets. They serve as unique probes to…
Characterization of a 2700 KM long bolide airburst chain, Phoebe Regio, Venus.
E.G. Antropova, C.H.G. Braga, R.E. Ernst, H. El Bilali, J.W. Head, B.A. Ivanov Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 7 February 2023 LINK “Detailed geological mapping of Phoebe Regio on Venus, located near 10°S, 282°W, at…
The Finnish Hyperbolic Grazing Meteor: Are Interstellar Earth Impactors Biased?
Peña-Asensio E.* Trigo-Rodríguez J. M. Socas-Navarro H. Visuri J. Gritsevich M. Siljama M. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023 abstract [#1486] We report a hyperbolic meteor that shares statistical anomalies with CNEOS interstellar candidates, which may unveil an unknown source of…
Laboratory modeling in laser-induced plasma to estimate the pressure in bolide wakeOPEN ACCESS
A. Zakuskin, B.G. Beglaryan, T.A. Labutin A&A, Forthcoming article PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Aims. We study Fe and FeO emission in laser-induced plasma under reduced pressure to develop an approach for finding the conditions under which…
Identifying meteorite droppers among the population of bright ‘sporadic’ bolides imaged by the Spanish Fireball Network during the spring of 2022OPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Albert Rimola, Marc Corretgé-Gilart, Detlef Koschny Accepted in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We take advantage of the extraordinary weather conditions available between February and March 2022 over Spain to analyze…
The fusion crust of the Winchcombe meteorite: A preserved record of atmospheric entry processesOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Luke Alesbrook, Natasha V. Almeida, Helena C. Bates, Phil A. Bland, Mark R. Boyd, Mark J. Burchell, Gareth S. Collins, Luke T. Cornwell, Luke Daly, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Matthias van Ginneken, Ansgar Greshake, Daniel Hallatt, Christopher Hamann, Lutz Hecht, Laura E. Jenkins, Diane Johnson, Rosie Jones, Ashley J. King, Haithem Mansour, Sarah…
An observing campaign to search for meteoroids of Bennu at EarthOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Dante S. Lauretta, Lindsey R. Koelbel, Martin C. Towner, Phil Bland, Steve Heathcote, Tim Abbott, Emmanuel Jehin, Toni Hanke, Elise Fahl, Rynault van Wyk, Tim Cooper, Jack W. Baggaley, Dave Samuels, Peter S….
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Paul Wiegert, Danielle E. Moser, Pavol Matlovič, Christopher D. K. Herd, Patrick J. A. Hill, Eleanor K. Sansom, Martin C. Towner, Juraj Tóth, William J. Cooke…
Expected Fragment Distribution from the First Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08OPEN ACCESS
Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Abraham Loeb, Amir Siraj Draft version December 5, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The fireball of the first interstellar meteor, CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) (Siraj & Loeb 2019), was detected off the northern coast of…
Analysis of the daylight fireball of July 15, 2021, leading to a meteorite fall and find near Antonin, Poland, and a description of the recovered chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Lukáš Shrbený,Agata M. Krzesińska,Jiří Borovička,Pavel Spurný,Zbigniew Tymiński,Kryspin Kmieciak MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present the description of an observation of a fireball recorded during the sunrise…
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…
Oxygen Ablation during Atmospheric Entry: Its Influence on the Isotopic Composition of MicrometeoritesOPEN ACCESS
N. G. Rudraswami, M. Pandey, D. Fernandes, J. D. Carrillo-Sánchez, W. Feng, J. M. C. Plane, and V. P. Singh The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 940, Number 1Published 16 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Once in a summer: Fall history of the JaH 073 strewn field, Sultanate of OmanOPEN ACCESS
Karl Wimmer, Edwin Gnos, Beda A. Hofmann MAPSVersion of Record online: 13 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Modeling of a prehistoric fall can be successful if a strewn field is very well documented…
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…
On the Power Law for Describing the Mass Distribution of Fragments of a Disrupted Cosmic Body
I. G. Brykina & L. A. Egorova Solar System Research; Volume 56, pages 338–350Published: 12 September 2022 LINK “An important characteristic of the disruption of cosmic bodies (asteroids at their collision in outer space, meteoroids…
Exoatmospheric 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) “On 2020 September 18 US…
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…
Meteoroids detection with the LUMIO lunar CubeSat
F. Topputo, G. Merisio, V. Franzese, C. Giordano, M. Massari, G. Pilato, D. Labate, A. Cervone, S. Speretta, A. Menicucci, E. Turan, E. Bertels, J. Vennekens, R. Walker, D. Koschny IcarusAvailable online 24 August 2022,…
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…
Reply to: Arguments for a comet as cause of the Hopewell airburst are unsubstantiatedOPEN ACCESS
Kenneth Barnett Tankersley, Stephen D. Meyers, Stephanie A. Meyers & David L. Lentz Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 12113 (2022)Published: 15 July 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The original article was published on…
Arguments for a comet as cause of the Hopewell airburst are unsubstantiatedOPEN ACCESS
Ralph Neuhäuser & Dagmar L. Neuhäuser Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 12090Published: 15 July 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The original article was published on 01 February 2022 arising from: K. B. Tankersley…
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…
Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopyOPEN ACCESS
Kouji Adachi, Naga Oshima, Nobuyuki Takegawa, Nobuhiro Moteki & Makoto Koike Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 3, Article number: 134 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “When meteorites impact the Earth’s atmosphere, they fractionalize and ablate,…
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…
Asteroid 2008 TC3, not a polymict ureilitic but a polymict C1 chondrite parent body? Survey of 249 Almahata Sitta fragmentsOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Lukas Bannemann, Stephan Decker, Samuel Ebert, Siegfried Haberer, Ursula Heitmann, Marian Horstmann, Kerstin I. Klemm, Ann-Kathrin Kraemer, Sarah Lentfort, Markus Patzek, Jakob Storz, Mona Weyrauch MAPSVersion of Record online: 14 May 2022 LINK…
Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and ApplicationsOPEN ACCESS
Anna Křivková, Vojtěch Laitl, Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Lukáš Petera, Petr Kubelík, Antonín Knížek, Homa Saeidfirozeh, Barbora Drtinová, Václav Čuba, Dan Páclík, Tomáš Mocek, Jan Brajer, Jan Kaufman, Martin Divoký, Jakub Koukal, Roman Dudžák, Nikola Schmidt, Petr…
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…
Hydrogen emission from meteors and meteorites: Mapping traces of H2O molecules and organic compounds in small Solar system bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Pavol Matlovič, Adriana Pisarcčíková, Juraj Tóth, Pavel Mach, Peter Čermák, Stefan Loehle, Leonard Kornoš, Ludovic Ferrière, Jiří Šilha, David Leiser, Ranjith Ravichandran Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stac927 LINK Update (2 May 2022):…
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…
Glycine amino acid transformation under impacts by small solar system bodies, simulated via high-pressure torsion methodOPEN ACCESS
Kaveh Edalati, Ikuo Taniguchi, Ricardo Floriano & Augusto Ducati Luchessi Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5677Published: 05 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impacts by small solar system bodies (meteoroids, asteroids, comets and…
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…
Modeling of the Dark Phase of Flight and the Impact Area for Meteorites of Real ShapesOPEN ACCESS
Karol Havrila, Juraj Tóth, and Leonard Kornoš Advances in AstronomyVolume 2021, Article ID 5530540Published: 23 December 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Aims. The complex dynamics of bodies, originating from the interplanetary matter and…
Investigation of Dynamics of Heat Propagation in Meteorite Matter and Its Influence on Geometric Features of Tracks of Nuclei in Olivine Crystals from Meteorites
Than Naing Soe, N. G. Polukhina & N. I. Starkov Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Volume 84, pages 643–648 (2021) LINK “The dynamics of heating of a meteorite that travels through the Earth’s atmosphere is studied….
Middle Ordovician astrochronology decouples asteroid breakup from glacially-induced biotic radiationsOPEN ACCESS
Jan Audun Rasmussen, Nicolas Thibault & Christian Mac Ørum Rasmussen Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 6430 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meso-Cenozoic evidence suggests links between changes in the expression of orbital changes…
Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, ChileOPEN ACCESS
Peter H. Schultz, R. Scott Harris, Sebastián Perroud, Nicolas Blanco, Andrew J. Tomlinson Geology (2021)November 02, 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Twisted and folded silicate glasses (up to 50 cm across) concentrated in certain areas across…
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…
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…
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…
Modeling the Mechanisms of the Destruction of the Surface Layer of a Meteoroid under the Influence of a Thermal Factor
V. A. Andrushchenko, V. A. Goloveshkin & N. G. Syzranova Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations, Volume 13, pages 698–704 (2021)Published: 14 July 2021 LINK “Based on the equations of the classical linear theory of elasticity,…
Campo del Cielo Strewn Field: Modeling and Comparison with Observations
Schmalen A. *, Luther R., Artemieva N. 84th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2021 (abstract # 6044) PDF Reconstruction of the Campo del Cielo impact event, i.e., to estimate the minimal pre-atmospheric mass and…
Reanalysis of the 24 November 1970 Fireball
Gritsevich M., Moilanen J., Visuri J., Heinlein D., Schweidler F., Flohrer J., Oberst J. 84th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2021 (abstract # 6216) PDF We demonstrate that the EN241170 fireball was the fall…
A 650 km2 Miocene strewnfield of splash-form impact glasses in the Atacama Desert, ChileOPEN ACCESS
J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, J.-A. Barrat, P. Rochette, M.L. Balestrier, G. Bigazzi, G. Ménard, F. Moustard, E. Dos Santos, R. Scorzelli, M. Valenzuela, M. Gounelle, V. Debaille, P. Beck, L.Bonal, B. Reynard, M. Warner Earth…
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…
Fragmentation model and strewn field estimation for meteoroids entryOPEN ACCESS
S. Limonta, M. Trisolini, S. Frey, C. Colombo IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 May 2021 LINK Update (1 June 2021): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Novel probabilistic model of asteroid breakup based on…
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….
The Main Asteroid Belt: The Primary Source of Debris on Comet-like OrbitsOPEN ACCESS
P. M. Shober, E. K. Sansom, P. A. Bland, H. A. R. Devillepoix, M. C. Towner, M. Cupák, R. M. Howie, B. A. D. Hartig and S. L. Anderson The Planetary Science JournalPublished: 2021 May…
Erosion of volatiles by micro-meteoroid bombardment on Ceres, and comparison to the Moon and MercuryOPEN ACCESS
Petr Pokorný, Erwan Mazarico, Norbert Schorghofer accepted to PSJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “(1) Ceres, the largest reservoir of water in the main-belt, was recently visited by the Dawn spacecraft that revealed several areas bearing H2O-ice…
Meteoroids as One of the Sources for Exosphere Formation on Airless Bodies in the Inner Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Diego Janches, Alexey A. Berezhnoy, Apostolos A. Christou, Gabriele Cremonese, Takayuki Hirai, Mihály Horányi, Jamie M. Jasinski & Menelaos Sarantos Space Science Reviews, Volume 217, Article number: 50 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This…
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….
Accurate 3D fireball trajectory and orbit calculation using the 3D-FireTOC automatic Python codeOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Josep Maria Trigo-Rodríguez, Maria Gritsevich, Albert Rimola Under revision (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 April 2021): LINK “The disruption of asteroids and comets produces cm-sized meteoroids…
Benford’s law: Applications to ordinary‐chondrite mass distributions
Alan E. Rubin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 March 2021 LINK “For ordinary‐chondrite (OC) mass distributions, Benford’s law applies to the set of individual objects that survive intact on the Earth’s surface…
Impacts on the Moon: analysis methods and size distribution of impactors
Chrysa Avdellidou, Edhah Munaibari, Raven Larson, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Marco Delbo, Paul Hayne, Mark Wieczorek, Daniel Sheward, Antony Cook Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 March 2021 LINK “We are preparing a telescope system to carry…
Determination of strewn fields for meteorite fallsOPEN ACCESS
Jarmo Moilanen, Maria Gritsevich, Esko Lyytinen Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stab586Published: 01 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) Supplemental Files (ZIP/DOWNLOAD) “When an object enters the atmosphere it may be detected as a…
The Mechanical Properties of Chelyabinsk LL5 Chondrite Under Compression and TensionOPEN ACCESS
Dmitry Zaytsev, Elijah N. Borodin, A. E. Dudorov & P. Panfilov Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 125, Article number: 2 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The mechanical properties of Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite (Chelyabinsk meteorite) were…
The Manifold Of Variations: impact location of short-term impactorsOPEN ACCESS
Alessio Del Vigna, Linda Dimare, Davide Bracali Cioci PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (20 May 2021) : LINK “The interest in the problem of small asteroids observed shortly before a deep close approach or an impact…
Statistical analysis of fireballs: Seismic signature surveyOPEN ACCESS
T. Neidhart, K. Miljković, E.K. Sansom, H.A.R. Devillepoix, T. Kawamura, J.-L. Dimech, M.A. Wieczorek, P.A. Bland accepted for publication in Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fireballs are infrequently recorded by seismic sensors…
Fireball characteristics derivable from acoustic dataOPEN ACCESS
Luke McFadden, Peter Brown, Denis Vida, Pavel Spurný PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (5 March 2021): LINK Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics “Highlights • Fragmentation and ballistic energy estimates by seismic/infrasonic data.• Ballistic trajectory and…
Detection of a bolide in Jupiter’s atmosphere with Juno UVSOPEN ACCESS
Rohini S. Giles, Thomas K. Greathouse, Joshua A. Kammer, G. Randall Gladstone, Bertrand Bonfond, Vincent Hue, Denis C. Grodent, Jean‐Claude Gérard, Maarten H. Versteeg, Scott J. Bolton, John E. P. Connerney, Steven M. Levin Geophysical…
Extension of the plasma radiation database PARADE for the analysis of meteor spectraOPEN ACCESS
Stefan Loehle, Martin Eberhart, Fabian Zander, Arne Meindl, Regina Rudawska, Detlef Koschny, Joe Zender, Ron Dantowitz, Peter Jenniskens Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 3 February 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The advancement in the…
Application of a dielectric breakdown induced by high-power lasers for a laboratory simulation of meteor plasma
Anna Křivková, Lukáš Petera, Vojtěch Laitl, Petr Kubelík, Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Libor Lenža, Jakub Koukal, Antonín Knížek, Roman Dudžák, Dan Páclík, Svatopluk Civiš, Miroslav Krůs & Martin Ferus Experimental AstronomyPublished: 01 February 2021 LINK “Spectra of…
The Great Chinese Fireball of December 22, 2020OPEN ACCESS
Albino Carbognani manuscript submitted to EPJPlus Update (9 March): manuscript v2 submitted to EPJPlus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (2 June 2021): The European Physical Journal Plus volume 136, Article number: 616 (2021)LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Cavezzo, the first Italian meteorite recovered by the PRISMA fireball network. Orbit, trajectory, and strewn-fieldOPEN ACCESS
D Gardiol, D Barghini, A Buzzoni, A Carbognani, M Di Carlo, M Di Martino, C Knapic, E Londero, G Pratesi, S Rasetti, W Riva, R Salerno, G M Stirpe, G B Valsecchi, C A Volpicelli,…
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…
Halo Meteors
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb New AstronomyAvailable online 2 November 2020 LINK “Highlights • We propose a search for interstellar meteors originating from Milky Way Halo stars• We show that halo meteors would be kinematically distinct…
Accuracy of meteor positioning from space-and ground-based observationsOPEN ACCESS
Hongru Chen, Nicolas Rambaux, Jérémie Vaubaillon Astronomy & Astrophysics 642 L11 (2020), manuscript no. 39014 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Aims. The knowledge of the orbits and origins derived from meteors is important for the study of…
High precision meteor observations with the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory — Data reduction pipeline and application to meteoroid mechanical strength measurementsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Robert J. Weryk, Gunter Stober, John P. McCormack Accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 September 2020): LINK “The mirror tracking system of the Canadian…
Using Atmospheric Impact Data to Model Meteoroid Close EncountersOPEN ACCESS
Using Atmospheric Impact Data to Model Meteoroid Close Encounters P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, P.A. Bland, H.A.R. Devillepoix, E.K. Sansom, M.C. Towner, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Simulating the Benešov bolide flowfield and spectrum at altitudes of 47 and 57 km
Christopher O. Johnston, Eric C. Stern, Jiří Borovička IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 August 2020 LINK “Highlights • State-of-the-art meteor flowfield and luminosity model developed for the continuum flow regime.• Developed model includes…
The challenge of identifying interstellar meteors
Maria Hajdukova, Veerle Sterken, Paul Wiegert, Leonard Kornoš Planetary and Space ScienceReview ArticleIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 August 2020 LINK “Highlights We have shown how challenging the identification of interstellar particles is. The…
Historical List of Harmful Meteorites
Lev A. Muravyev, Viktor I. Grokhovsky Minerals: Structure, Properties, Methods of Investigation pp 147-159, Conference paper LINK “As is known, the possibility of stones falling from the sky was completely confirmed by scientists only in…
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…
Investigation of the Ozerki meteoroid parameters
Anna Kartashova, Alexander Golubaev, Alona Mozgova, Ivan Chuvashov, Galina Bolgova, Dmitry Glazachev, Vladimir Efremov Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 July 2020 LINK “Highlights • The method of the determination of…
Julius Obsequens’s book, Liber Prodigiorum : A Roman era record of meteorite falls, fireballs, and other celestial phenomena
Annarita Franza, Giovanni Pratesi Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Julius Obsequens was the pseudonym of a Roman historian presumably living in the 4th century ad , whose life is shrouded in mystery. All that is…
Two Strengths of Ordinary Chondritic Meteoroids as Derived from their Atmospheric Fragmentation ModelingOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Lukáš Shrbený Accepted for publication in AJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The internal structure and strength of small asteroids and large meteoroids is poorly known. Observation of bright fireballs in the Earth’s…
Ionospheric effects of the Kamchatka meteoroid: Results from multipath oblique sounding
Y. Luo, L.F. Chernogor, K.P. Garmash, Q. Guo, V.T. Rozumenko, S.N.Shulga, Y. Zheng Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsVolume 207, 1 October 2020, 105336 LINK “Highlights • Kamchatka meteoroid of 18 December 2018 detected in…
Analysis of Ionospheric Disturbances Caused by the 2018 Bering Sea Meteor Explosion Based on GPS ObservationsOPEN ACCESS
Yiyong Luo, Yibin Yao and Lulu Shan Sensors 2020, 20(11), 3201Published: 4 June 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “The Bering Sea meteor explosion that occurred on 18 December 2018 provides a good opportunity to study…
The influence of meteor measurement errors on the heliocentric orbits of meteoroids
Mária Hajduková, Leonard Kornoš Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 7 June 2020, 104965 LINK “Highlights • We tested the dependence of the heliocentric orbital elements on the reduced meteor data, the pre-atmospheric velocity and the…
The Tunguska event
O.G. Gladysheva IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 May 2020 LINK “Highlights • Calculations have shown that comets can disintegrate at an altitude of ~10 km.• Fragments of comet substance reached the Earth’s surface.• The…
FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
F. Colas, B. Zanda, S. Bouley, S. Jeanne, A. Malgoyre, M. Birlan, C. Blanpain, J. Gattacceca, L. Jorda, J. Lecubin, C. Marmo, J.L. Rault, J. Vaubaillon, P. Vernazza, C. Yohia, D. Gardiol, A. Nedelcu, B….
Fireball fragmentation in the first half of the atmospheric trajectory
Lukáš Shrbený, Pavel Spurný, Jiří Borovička Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 May 2020 LINK “Highlights • Results on the fragmentation of fireballs in the first half of their atmospheric trajectory…
On models of meteoroid disruption into the cloud of fragments
I.G. Brykina, M.D. Bragin Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 April 2020 LINK “Highlights • Proposed and accepted models of meteoroid disruption into fragment cloud are compared.• Ablation is modeled using…
On the sodium enhancement in spectra of slow meteors and the origin of Na-rich meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Leonard Kornoš, Stefan Loehle IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 April 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • The effect of speed dependency on the measured Na/Mg intensity ratio in…
A Global Fireball ObservatoryOPEN ACCESS
H. A. R. Devillepoix, M. Cupák, P. A. Bland, E. K. Sansom, M. C. Towner, R. M. Howie, B. A. D. Hartig, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, P. M. Shober, S. L. Anderson, G. K. Benedix, D. Busan,…
A model for meteoroid ablation including melting and vaporization
Bruno Dias, Alessandro Turchi, Eric C. Stern, Thierry E. Magin Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 March 2020 LINK “Highlights • Comparison of a meteoroid ablation model, which comprises melting and vaporization, with…
Physically based alternative to the PE criterion for meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
Manuel Moreno-Ibáñez, Maria Gritsevich, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Elizabeth A. Silber PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteoroids impacting the Earth atmosphere are commonly classified using the PE criterion. This criterion was introduced to support the identification of the…
Mass Distributions of Meteorites
Alberto S Betzler, Ernesto P Borges Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, staa521 Published: 21 February 2020 LINK “For at least five decades the study of the mass distribution of meteorites has been carried…
Velocity distribution of larger meteoroids and small asteroids impacting EarthOPEN ACCESS
Esther Drolshagen, Theresa Ott, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Anna Kristiane Schmidt, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 February 2020 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The velocity distribution…
A Two Year Survey for VLF Emission from FireballsOPEN ACCESS
C. Y. Sung, P. Brown, R. Marshall accepted for publication in Planetary and Space Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Here we report on a two year continuous survey to examine possible VLF signals associated with meteors…
Effect of the surface shape of a large space body on its fragmentation in a planetary atmosphereOPEN ACCESS
Daniil E Khrennikov, Andrei K Titov, Alexander E Ershov, Andrei B Klyuchantsev, Vladimir I Pariev, Sergei V Karpov Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, staa330 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (updated: 5 October 2020) “Employing…
On the possibility of through passage of asteroid bodies across the Earth’s atmosphereOPEN ACCESS
Daniil E Khrennikov, Andrei K Titov, Alexander E Ershov, Vladimir I Pariev, Sergei V Karpov Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, staa329 LINK Update (29 September 2020): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We have studied the…
Physical properties of Taurid meteoroids of various sizesOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný Planetary and Space Science Available online 24 January 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • Atmospheric fragmentation of Taurid meteoroids was modeled. • The strength of large Taurids is lower than…
Radionuclide activities in recent chondrite falls determined by gamma‐ray spectrometry: Implications for terrestrial age estimates
Åke V. Rosén, Beda A. Hofmann, Moritz von Sivers, Marc Schumann Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Radionuclide activities were measured in the low‐background gamma‐ray spectrometry facility GeMSE in eight meteorite…
Identification of a Minimoon FireballOPEN ACCESS
P. M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, E. K. Sansom, H. A. R. Devillepoix, P. A. Bland, M. Cupák, M.C. Towner, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Number 5, 14…
Estimating trajectories of meteors: an observational Monte Carlo approach — II. ResultsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Paul Wiegert, Peter S. Gural Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the first paper of this series we examined existing methods of optical meteor trajectory…
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….
Estimating trajectories of meteors: an observational Monte Carlo approach – I. TheoryOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter S Gural, Peter G Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Paul Wiegert Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 491, Issue 2, January 2020, Pages 2688–2705 Update (23rd April): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “It…
A Dynamic Trajectory Fit to Multi-Sensor Fireball ObservationsOPEN ACCESS
Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Eleanor K. Sansom, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Robert M. Howie, Benjamin A. D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Preprint submitted to Astronomical Journal (5 November 2019) “Meteorites with…
Interactions between asteroid fragments during atmospheric entryOPEN ACCESS
P.J. Register, M.J. Aftosmis, E.C. Stern, J.M. Brock, P.M. Seltner, S. Willems, A. Guelhan, D.L. Mathias P.M. Seltner, S. Willems, A. Guelhan Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 October 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Fireball streak detection with minimal CPU processing requirements for the Desert Fireball Network data processing pipelineOPEN ACCESS
Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupak, Robert M. Howie, Ben Hartig, Jonathan Paxman, Eleanor K. Sansom, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Philip A. Bland PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update: March 2020: LINK “The detection of fireballs…
Determining fireball fates using the α-β criterionOPEN ACCESS
Eleanor K. Sansom, Maria Gritsevich, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Patrick Shober, Phil A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Robert M. Howie, Benjamin A. D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (6 November 2019):…
The role of shape-dependent flight stability in the origin of oriented meteorites
Khunsa Amin, Jinzi Mac Huang, Kevin J. Hu, Jun Zhang, and Leif Ristroph PNAS August 13, 2019 116 (33) 16180-16185; first published July 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815133116 LINK “Significance Motivated by the conical shape of so-called…
Combination of infrasound signals and complementary data for the analysis of bright fireballs
Theresa Ott, Esther Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Pierrick Mialle, Christoph Pilger, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Gerhard Drolshagen, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Detailed analysis of…
Spectral and orbital survey of medium-sized meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Regina Rudawska, Leonard Kornoš, Adriana Pisarčíková Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. AA_2019_36093 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We investigate the spectra, material properties, and orbital distribution of millimeter- to decimeter-sized meteoroids. Our study…
Disintegration of the Chelyabinsk cosmic body
O.G. Gladysheva Planetary and Space Science Available online 5 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • The results of calculations made it possible to propose an alternative scenario. • The Chelyabinsk cosmic body could be a combination…
Geomagnetic Field Disturbances from the Fall of the Lipetsk (June 21, 2018) and Chelyabinsk (February 15, 2013) Meteorites
A. A. Spivak, S. A. Riabova Doklady Earth Sciences March 2019, Volume 485, Issue 1, pp 341–345 First Online: 28 May 2019 LINK “Based on the Chelyabinsk (February 13, 2013) and Lipetsk (June 21, 2018)…
Analysis of June 2, 2016 bolide event over ArizonaOPEN ACCESS
Csaba Palotai, Ramanakumar Sankar, Dwayne L. Free, J. Andreas Howell, Elena Botella, Daniel Batcheldor accepted for publication in MNRAS, version 1 (v1): 15 Jan 2018, last revised (v2) 21 May 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update…
Analysis of Meteoroid Ablation Based on Plasma Wind-tunnel Experiments, Surface Characterization, and Numerical Simulations
Bernd Helber, Bruno Dias, Federico Bariselli, Luiza F. Zavalan, Lidia Pittarello, Steven Goderis, Bastien Soens, Seann J. McKibbin, Philippe Claeys, and Thierry E. Magin The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 876, Number 2 LINK “Meteoroids largely disintegrate…
Meteoroid atmospheric entry investigated with plasma flow experiments: Petrography and geochemistry of the recovered material
Lidia Pittarello, Steven Goderis, Bastien Soens, Seann J. McKibbin, Gabriele Giuli, Federico Bariselli, Bruno Dias, Bernd Helber, Giovanni O. Lepore, Frank Vanhaecke, Christian Koeberl, Thierry E. Magin, Philippe Claeys Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Inference of meteoroid characteristics using a genetic algorithmOPEN ACCESS
Ana Maria Tarano, Lorien Wheeler, Sigrid Close, Donovan Mathias Icarus LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) • A new approach for automatically inferring meteoroid parameters is presented. • Objective function and tuning parameters for the…
Meteoroid Structure and FragmentationOPEN ACCESS
Margaret D. Campbell-Brown PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Preprint submitted to Planetary and Space Science “The physical composition and structure of meteoroids gives us insight into the formation processes of their parent asteroids and comets. The strength…
Upper atmosphere effects after the entry of small cosmic bodies: Dust trains, plumes, and atmospheric disturbances
N. Artemieva, V.V. Shuvalov, V.M. Khazins Icarus Available online 4 March 2019 LINK “In this paper we present the results of numerical modeling of the Chelyabinsk dust train during the first 3 min after the meteoroid…
The Maribo CM2 meteorite fall—Survival of weak material at high entry speed
Jiří Borovička, Olga Popova, Pavel Spurný Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 22 February 2019 LINK “High entry speed (>25 km s−1) and low density (<2500 kg m−3) are the two factors that lower the…
Can we predict the impact conditions of meter-sized meteoroids?OPEN ACCESS
Jorge I. Zuluaga [SEAP/IF/UdeA], Pablo A. Cuartas-Restrepo [SEAP/IF/UdeA],Jhonatan Ospina [SAA/CAMO], Mario Sucerquia [SEAP/IF/UdeA] Submitted to MNRAS Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A few meter-sized meteoroids impact the atmosphere of the Earth per year. Most (if not…
A Model for Thermal Radiation from the Tunguska Airburst
Christopher O. Johnston, Eric C. Stern Icarus Available online 7 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • Radiative heating to the ground from the Tunguska event modeled • Applies recently-developed computational fluid dynamic and radiation models •…
The Maribo CM2 meteorite fall – survival of weak material at high entry speedOPEN ACCESS
Jiri Borovicka, Olga Popova, Pavel Spurny Submitted version of an article accepted in Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “High entry speed (> 25 km/s) and low density (< 2500 kg/m3) are two factors…
Waiting to make an impact: a probable excess of near-Earth asteroids in 2018 LA-like orbitsOPEN ACCESS
C. de la Fuente Marcos,R. de la Fuente Marcos Astronomy & Astrophysics November 30, 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The discovery and tracking of 2018 LA marks only the third instance in history that the parent…
The Impact Effect Calculator of Celestial Body Impacts to the Earth: The Constructor of Hazardous Orbits
S. A. Naroenkov, D. O. Glazachev, A. P. Kartashova, O. P. Popova I. S. Turuntaev Solar System Research November 2018, Volume 52, Issue 6, pp 534–546 LINK Original Russian Text © S.A. Naroenkov, D.O. Glazachev,…
Hydrocode simulations of asteroid airbursts and constraints for TunguskaOPEN ACCESS
Darrel K. Robertson, Donovan L. Mathias Icarus Available online 21 October 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Hydrocode simulations of asteroid airbursts of interest to planetary defense. • Both asteroids and comets plausible for Tunguska…
Comparing Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Meteoroid Orbit Determination using Hayabusa TelemetryOPEN ACCESS
Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Eleanor K. Sansom, Phil A. Bland PDF (OPEN ACCESS) last revised 22 Aug 2019 “Fireball networks establish the trajectories of meteoritic material passing through Earth’s atmosphere, from which they can derive pre-entry orbits….
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…
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…
24 MOTOPI PAN meteorites (214.5375 g, Howardite, HED polymict breccia) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018,16:44:01.59-11.77 UT) found near Motopi Pan watering hole, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi, Botswana
Last update: 2 May 2021 Motopi Pan meteorite #1 (17.92 grams) in situ. Photo: Peter Jenniskens/Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) In the morning of 23 June, after five days of searching and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
