On 2011 October 8, the Earth crossed dust trails ejected from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in the late 19th and early 20th Century. This gave rise to an outburst in the activity of the October Draconid meteor shower, and an international team was organized to analyse this event. The SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN) joined this initiative and...
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March 27, 2018 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: March 27, 2023
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March 19, 2018 (v1)Publication
We analyse the likely link between the recently discovered near-Earth object 2012XJ112 and a bright fireball observed over the south of Spain on 2012 December 27. The bolide, with an absolute magnitude of -9 ± 1, was simultaneously imaged during the morning twilight from twometeor stations operated by the SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN). It was...
Uploaded on: December 4, 2022