The existence of a hypothetical Planet Nine lurking in the outer solar system has been invoked as a plausible explanation for the anomalous clustering in the...
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PublicationA Candidate Location for Planet Nine from an Interstellar Meteoroid: The Messenger Hypothesis
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TalkAsteroids as the parent bodies of meteorites: compositional
Due to their orbits, near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) have been considered the most evident parent bodies of meteorites. Dynamical models show that NEAs come...
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TalkAstronomy by microscope
Traditionally, astronomers study stars and planets by telescope. But we can also learn about them by using a microscope – through studying meteorites. From...
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PublicationCharacterization of the June epsilon Ophiuchids meteoroid stream and the comet 300P/Catalina
Aims: Prior to 2019, the June epsilon Ophiuchids (JEO) were known as a minor unconfirmed meteor shower with activity that was considered typically moderate for...
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PublicationDependence of the population index on the radiant zenithal distance
By integrating the differential equation system of the single-body meteor theory which describes meteor flight in the atmosphere, we show that the population...
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PublicationEffects of a dependence of meteor brightness on the entry angle.
In this paper we discuss the observational consequences of a dependence of meteor brightness on the entry angle z_R_, namely the decrease of the observed rates...
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PublicationHow to maintain the spatial distribution of interplanetary dust
The authors discuss two aspects related to the radial dependence of spatial density of interplanetary dust. First, they ask which spatial distribution the dust...
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PublicationLuminous Efficiency in Hypervelocity Impacts from the 1999 Lunar Leonids
An analysis of the optical flashes produced by Leonid meteoroids impacting the Moon in 1999 November is carried out in order to estimate the fraction of kinetic...
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NewsLyrids 2020: wishes through the window
On the night of 21st April we will be treated to the maximum of the Lyrids meteor shower. Just as for the other recent astronomical events we will have to see...