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Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez José M. Madiedo Peter S. Gural Alberto J. Castro-Tirado Jordi Llorca Juan Fabregat Standa Vítek Pep Pujols 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2008,102(1-4):231-240
By using high-resolution, low-scan-rate, all-sky CCD cameras, the SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN) is currently monitoring meteor
and fireball activity on a year round basis. Here are presented just a sampling of the accurate trajectory, radiant and orbital
data obtained for meteors imaged simultaneously from two SPMN stations during the continuous 2006–2007 coverage of meteor
and fireball monitoring. Typical astrometric uncertainty is 1–2 arc min, while velocity determination errors are of the order
of 0.1–0.5 km/s, which is dependent on the distance of each event to the station and its particular viewing geometry. The
cameras have demonstrated excellent performance for detecting meteor outbursts. The recent development of automatic detection
software is also providing real-time information on the global meteor activity. Finally, some examples of the all-sky CCD
cameras applications for detecting unexpected meteor activity are given. 相似文献
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Peter S. Gural 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2008,102(1-4):269-275
An ever increasing variety of electronic instrumentation is being brought to bear in meteor studies and analysis, with unique
meteor detection challenges arising from the attempt to do automated and near real-time processing of the imagery. Recent
algorithm developments in the literature have been applied and implemented in software to provide reliable meteor detection
in all-sky imagers, wide-field intensified video, and narrow field-of-view telescopic systems. The algorithms that have been
employed for meteor streak detection include Hough transforms with phase coded disk, localized Hough transforms with matched
filtering, and fast moving cluster detection. They have found application in identifying meteor tracks in the Spanish Fireball
Network all-sky images, detailed analysis of video recordings during the recent Leonid meteor storms, and development of a
detection/cueing technology system for rapid slew and tracking of meteors. 相似文献
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Damir Šegon Željko Andreić Peter S. Gural Korado Korlević Denis Vida Filip Novoselnik Ivica Skokić 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2014,112(1-4):33-44
The predicted Draconid meteor shower outburst during October 2011 had been observed by a portion of the Croatian Meteor Network whose stations encountered clear weather. A total of 95 Draconid orbits have been calculated from 18 contributing stations, and in this paper we present results for 63 orbits obtained from the fully automatic observation and processing pipeline. Two methods of trajectory estimation were applied, showing better fit results using a linearly changing velocity model versus a constant velocity model. The estimated mean radiant position has been found to be at RA = 262.6°, Dec = +55.7°, with estimated geocentric velocity Vg = 20.7 km/s. 相似文献
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P. Jenniskens P.S. Gural L. Dynneson B.J. Grigsby K.E. Newman M. Borden M. Koop D. Holman 《Icarus》2011,216(1):40-61
First results are presented from a newly developed meteoroid orbit survey, called CAMS – Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance, which combines meteor detection algorithms for low-light video observations with traditional video surveillance tools. Sixty video cameras at three stations monitor the sky above 31° elevation. Goal of CAMS is to verify meteor showers in search of their parent comets among newly discovered near-Earth objects.This paper outlines the concept of operations, the hardware, and software methods used during operation and in the data reduction pipeline, and accompanies the data release of the first batch of meteoroid orbits. During the month of November 2010, 2169 precisely reduced meteoroid trajectories from 17 nights have an error in the apparent radiant of the trajectory <2° and error in speed <10%. Median values of the error are 0.31° and 0.53 km/s, respectively, sufficient to resolve the intrinsic dispersion of annual meteor showers and resolve minor showers from the sporadic background. The limiting visual magnitude of the cameras is +5.4, recording meteors of +4 magnitude and brighter, bright enough to stand out from the mostly fainter sporadic meteors detected as under dense radar echoes.CAMS readily detected all established showers (6) active during the clear nights in November. Of the showers that needed confirmation, we confirm the theta Aurigids (THA, IAU#390), the chi Taurids (CTA, IAU#388), and the omicron Eridanids (OER, IAU#338). We conclude that the iota November Aurigids (IAR, IAU#248) are in fact the combined activity of the theta Aurigids and chi Taurids, and this shower should be dismissed from the list. Finally, there is also a clustering consistent with the zeta Cancrids (ZCN, IAU#243), but we cannot exclude that this is lower perihelion dust belonging to the Orionid shower.Data are submitted to the IAU Meteor Data Center on a semi-regular basis, and can be accessed also at http://cams.seti.org. 相似文献
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The recent development and data collection results of the Astrobiology Instrumentation for Meteor Imaging and Tracking (AIM-IT)
system, has demonstrated an ability to point narrow field-of-view instruments at transient events such as meteors. AIM-IT
uses the principle of tracking moving objects via a paired set of relay mirrors along with an integrated hardware/software
solution, to acquire and track meteors in real-time. Development of the instrument has progressed from a prototype rocker-box
system through more recent use of a fast response mirror system during several meteor shower campaigns. Several narrow field
of view instruments have been deployed using AIM-IT including high spatial resolution video, high frame rate video, and meteor
spectrographic equipment. Analysis of the imagery shows evidence for meteor fragmentation in as many as 20% of the meteors
tracked thus far. The success of the AIM-IT technology in tracking meteors during their luminous flight provides a new tool
in enhancing the capabilities and data volume that can be obtained with existing narrow field of view instruments. 相似文献
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The November 18, 1999 Leonid storm was rich in meteors and well observed by airborne intensified video cameras aimed low in
the sky which enabled enhanced meteor counts over ground-based observations. The two- and three-dimensional distribution of
meteoroids was investigated for signs of clustering that could provide evidence of meteoroid fragmentation shortly after lift-off
from the parent comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, or much later due to space weathering. Analysis of the video tapes yields a refined
estimation of the mass ratio during the peak of s = 1.65 and spatial flux density of 0.5 particles/km2 greater than those causing visual magnitude +6.5 during the 5 min centered around the peak of the storm. Furthermore, the
projection of the individual trails into three-dimensional Heliocentric coordinates, shows non-homogeneity of the stream on
spatial scales from hundreds to thousands of kilometers. 相似文献
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Peter S. Gural 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2008,102(1-4):183-189
Recent work on the gravitational focusing of meteoroid streams and their threat to satellites and astronauts in the near-Earth
environment has concentrated on Earth acting as the gravitational attractor, totally ignoring the Moon. Though the Moon is
twelve-thousandths the mass of the Earth, it too can focus meteors, albeit at a much greater distance downstream from its
orbital position in space. At the Earth–Moon distance during particular phases of the Moon, slower speed meteoroid streams
with very compact radiant diameters can show meteoroid flux enhancements in Earth’s immediate neighborhood. When the right
geometric alignment occurs, this arises as a narrowed beam of particles of approximately 1,000 km width. For a narrow radiant
of one-tenth degree diameter there is a 10-fold increase in the level of flux passing through the near-Earth environment.
Meteoroid streams with more typical radiant sizes of 1° show at most two times enhancement. For sporadic sources, the enhancement
is found to be insignificant due to the wide angular spread of the diffuse radiant and thus may be considered of little importance. 相似文献
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Cudnik Brian M. Dunham David W. Palmer David M. Cook Anthony Venable Roger Gural Peter S. 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2003,93(3):145-161
The occurrence and visibility of meteoroid impacts on the moon as seen from the earth were little more than speculation prior to November 1999. The best evidence of present-day impact activity came from the seismic experiments left on the Moon during the Apollo era. Past systematic attempts at earth-based observations to document lunar impacts revealed nothing conclusive. However, during the Leonid storms of 1999 and 2001, lunar impact events were for the first time confirmed by multiple independent observers. A total of 15 meteoritic impact flash events have been verified during these storms, with an additional 12 unconfirmed but likely events awaiting confirmation. Estimates of the mass of these meteoroids range from less than one gram for the faintest flashes to more than 10 kg for the brightest observed flash. The fraction of visible light to total energy produced by these events, a quantity known as luminous efficiency, averages about 0.001 for the established events. The confirmation of lunar meteoritic events on the Moon opens a new avenue in lunar and planetary research, one which could help bridge the gap between atmospheric sampling of the smallest components of meteoroid streams and interplanetary debris to the larger scale objects accessible to ground-based telescopes. 相似文献
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Cudnik Brian M. Palmer David W. Palmer David M. Cook Anthony Venable Roger Gural Peter S. 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2003,93(2):97-106
Confirmed observations of meteoroids from the Leonid stream impacting the Moon in 1999 and 2001 have opened up new opportunities in observational and theoretical astronomy. These opportunities could help bridge the gap between the ground-based (atmospheric) sampling of the smallest meteoroids and the larger objects observable with ground-based telescopes. The Moon provides a laboratory for the study of hypervelocity impacts, with collision velocities not yet possible in ground-based laboratories. Development of automatic detection software removes the time-intensive activity of laboriously reviewing data for impact event signatures, freeing the observer to engage in other activities. The dynamics of professional-amateur astronomer collaboration have the promise of advancing the study of lunar meteoritic phenomenon considerably. These three factors will assist greatly in the development of a systematic, comprehensive program for monitoring the Moon for meteoroid impacts and determining the physical nature of these impacts. 相似文献
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