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Asteroid 2002NY40 as a source of meteorite-dropping bolides
Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María; Lyytinen, E.; Jones, D. C.; Madiedo Gil, José María
; Castro Tirado, Alberto J.; Williams, I. P.; Llorca, Jordi; Vítek, Stanislav; Jelinek, M.; Troughton, Blanca; Gálvez, Francisco (Oxford University Press, 2007)
The existence of asteroidal meteoroid streams capable of producing meteorite-dropping bolides has long being invoked, but evidence is scarce. Recent modelling of previously reported associations suggests that the time-scales ... -
A meteorite-dropping superbolide from the catastrophycally disrupted comet C1919Q2 metcalf : a pathway for meteorites from jupiter family comets
Madiedo Gil, José María; Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María; Williams, I. P.; Castro Tirado, Alberto J.; Llorca, Jordi; Vítek, Stanislav; Jelinek, M. (2009)
It is widely accepted that cometary nu- clei are composed of a mix of volatile ices and meteor- itic materials. In a series of seminal papers F. L. Whipple tried to explain how the irregular internal structure of each ... -
Observations of a very bright fireball and its likely link with comet C/1919 Q2 Metcalf
Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María; Madiedo Gil, José María; Williams, I. P.; Castro Tirado, Alberto J.; Llorca, Jordi; Vítek, Stanislav; Jelinek, M. (Oxford University Press, 2009)
A very bright fireball called B´ejar (SPMN110708), with a maximum brightness of −18, was observed over much of Spain as well as parts of Portugal and France on 2008 July 11 at 21:17:39 UTC. Fortuitously, it flew over ... -
Spanish meteor network : 2006 all-sky and video monitoring highlights
Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María; Madiedo Gil, José María; Castro Tirado, Alberto J.; Ortiz Moreno, José Luis; Gural, P. S.; Llorca, Jordi; Fabregat Llueca, Juan; Vítek, Stanislav; Pujols, P.; Troughton, Blanca (2007)
We previously reported [1] the first steps in the development of the SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN) by using innovative low-scan all-sky CCD cameras that are reaching +2/+3 meteor limiting magnitude [1]. During 2006 new ...
