International Meteor Organization (IMO)

Bibliographic Meteor Database - Orbits

• Association with Asteroids and Comets
• Celestial Mechanics
• Classification
• D-Criterion (also Similarity)
• Determination
• Dispersion
• Distribution
• Evolution
• Hyperbolic Orbits
• Planetary/Secular Perturbations
• Poynting-Robertson Effect
• Similarity of Orbits (also D-Criterion)

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  • NEWTON ROBERT R. (1959):
    PERIODIC ORBITS OF A PLANETOID PASSING CLOSE TO TWO GRAVITATING MASSES
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 3, 69-78
    ORBITS - ASTEROIDS
    
    
    
  • MCCROSKY RICHARD E.,POSEN ANNETTE (1963):
    ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 4, 15-84
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HAWKINS GERALD S.,SOUTHWORTH RICHARD B (1963):
    ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF METEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 4, 85-95
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • JACCHIA LUIGI G.,WHIPPLE FRED L. (1963):
    PRECISION ORBITS OF 413 PHOTOGRAPHED METEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 4, 97-129
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KASHCHEYEV B.L.,LEBEDINETS V.N. (1963):
    THE ORBITS OF METEOR STREAMS DETERMINED BY RADIO-ECHO TECHNIQUES
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 7, 67-69
    ORBITS - RADAR OBSERVATIONS
    
    
    
  • BABADZHANOV P. (1963):
    ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 7, 287-291
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • JACCHIA L.G.,VERNIANI F.,BRIGGS R.E. (1967):
    SELECTED RESULTS FROM PRECISION-REDUCED SUPER-SCHMIDT METEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 11, 1-7
    ASTROMETRY - PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERA - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KRESAK L. (1967):
    RELATION OF METEOR ORBITS TO THE ORBITS OF COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 11, 9-34
    ORBITS - METEOROID ORIGIN
    
    
    
  • BABADZHANOV P.B.,KRAMER E.N. (1967):
    ORBITS OF BRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 11, 67-79
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • TERENTJEVA A.K. (1967):
    RESEARCH ON ORBITS OF MINOR METEOR STREAMS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 11, 109-114
    METEOR SHOWER - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • LINDBLAD B.A. (1971):
    A STREAM SEARCH AMONG 865 PRECISE PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR ORBITS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 12, 1-13
    ORBIT PHOTOGRAPHIC
    
    
    
  • LINDBLAD B.A. (1971):
    A COMPUTERIZED STREAM SEARCH AMONG 2401 PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR ORBITS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 12, 14-24
    ORBIT PHOTOGRAPHIC
    
    
    
  • COOK A.F.,LINDBLAD B.A.,MARSDEN B.G.,MCCROSKY R.E.,POSEN A. (1973):
    YET ANOTHER STREAM SEARCH AMONG 2401 PHOTOGRAPHICMETEORS
    Smiths. Contr. Astrophys. 15, 1-5
    ORBIT PHOTOGRAPHIC
    
    
    
  • PLAVCOVA Z.,PLAVEC M. (1960):
    HELIOCENTRIC ORBITS OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHED SPORADIC METEORS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 11, 226-227
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KRESAK L. (1964):
    RELATION BETWEEN THE ORBITS AND MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION OF METEORS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 15, 190-201
    ORBITS - METEOR MAGNITUDE
    
    
    
  • CEPLECHA Z. (1966):
    CLASSIFICATION OF METEOR ORBITS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 17, 96-98
    ORBITS CLASSIFICATION
    
    
    
  • KRESAK L. (1969):
    THE DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN COMETARY AND ASTEROIDAL METEORS.II.ORBITS AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 20, 231-251
    METEOROID ASTEROIDAL - METEOROID COMETARY - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KRESAK L. (1970):
    ON THE ORBITS OF BRIGHT FIREBALLS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 21, 1-9
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KRESAK L.,KRASAKOVA M. (1976):
    A NOTE ON METEOR AND MICROMETEOROID ORBITS DETERMINED FROM ROUGH VELOCITY DATA.
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 27, 106-109
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HAWKES R.L.,JONES J.,CEPLECHA Z. (1984):
    THE POPULATIONS AND ORBIIS OF DOUBLE-STATION TV METEORS.
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 35, 46-64
    DOUBLE-STATION VIDEO OBSERVATION - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • JONES J.,SARMA T. (1985):
    DOUBLE STATION OBSERVATIONS OF 454 TV METEORS II.ORBITS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 36, 103-115
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • JONES J.,SARMA T.,CEPLECHA Z. (1985):
    DOUBLE-STATION OBSERVATIONS OF 454 TV METEORS III. POPULATIONS
    Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslov. 36, 116-122
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • DE KöVESLIGETHY M.R. (1882):
    ORBITS OF METEOR-STREAMS, DEDUCED FROM OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE YEARS 1871-1880 IN HUNGARY
    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 42, 310-323
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KLEIBER J. (1891):
    CATALOGUE OF 918 ORBITS OF METEOR STREAMS FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF MR. DENNING
    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 51, 407-407
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • ALMOND MARY (1951):
    THE SUMMER DAYTIME METEOR STREAMS OF 1949 AND 1950. III. COMPUTATION OF THE ORBITS
    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 111, 37-44
    RADIANT LIST DAYLIGHT - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WOOD JOHN A. (1961):
    STONY METEORITE ORBITS.
    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 122, 79-88
    METEORITE STONE - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WENDELL O.C. (1885):
    ORBITS OF METEORS
    The Observatory 8, 132-132
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • NEWTON H.A. (1888):
    THE ORBITS OF METEORITES.
    The Observatory 11, 331-332
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MONCK W.H.S. (1897):
    THE ORBITS OF METEORITES.
    The Observatory 20, 281-282
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • OLIVIER CHARLES P. (1921):
    PARABOLIC ORBITS OF METEOR STREAMS.
    Publ. Leander McCormick Obs. 2, 457-475
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • C.OLIVIER (1921):
    349 PARABOLIC ORBITS OF METEOR STREAMS AND RESULTS 1914, 15, 16, 17
    Publ. Leander McCormick Obs. 2, 200-268
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE F.L.,HUGHES R.F. (1955):
    ON THE VELOCITIES AND ORBITS OF METEORS, FIREBALLS, AND METEORITES
    J. Atmosph. and Terrestrial Phys. 2, 149-156
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • DAVIES J.G. (1955):
    RADIO MEASUREMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL METEOR ORBITS
    J. Atmosph. and Terrestrial Phys. 2, 157-158
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • OPIK E.J. (1970):
    THE FAILURES-HYPERBOLIC METEOR ORBITS
    Irish Astron. Journal 9, 156-159
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HALLIDAY IAN (1959):
    THE ORBIT AND SPECTRUM OF A BRIGHT SPORADIC METEOR
    Contr. Dominion Obs., Ottawa, Ontario 2, 287-297
    ORBITS - METEOR SPECTRUM
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE F.L. (1954):
    PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR ORBITS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN SPACE
    Harvard Reprint Ser. II 65, 201-217
    ORBITS - METEOROID DISTRIBUTION
    
    
    
  • MCCROSKY R.E.,POSEN ANNETTE (1961):
    ORBITAL ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    Harvard Reprint Ser. II 178, 15-84
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • JACCHIA L.G.,WHIPPLE F.L. (1961):
    PRECISION ORBITS OF 413 PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    Harvard Reprint Ser. II 179, 97-129
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HAWKINS GERALD S. (1962):
    RADAR DETERMINATION OF METEOR ORBITS
    Harvard Reprint Ser. II 187, 241-244
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • OLIVIER C.P. (1957):
    LONG ENDURING METEOR TRAINS AND FIREBALL ORBITS
    Reprints Flower Astron. Obs. 102, 296-315
    METEOR TRAIN OBSERVATIONS - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • PICKERING W.H. (1910):
    THE ORBITS OF METEORITES
    Popular Astron. 18, 262-276
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WYLIE C.C. (1940):
    ORBIT OF THE PULTUSK METEOR (FIREBALL)
    Popular Astron. 48, 306-311
    METEORITE PULTUSK - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • ALMOND MARY,DAVIES J.G.,LOVELL A.C.B. (1950):
    ON INTERSTELLAR METEORS
    Astron. Contr. Univ. Manchester, Series II, Reprints 37, 112-112
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • ALMOND M. (1951):
    III. COMPUTATION OF THE ORBITS
    Astron. Contr. Univ. Manchester, Series II, Reprints 47, 37-44
    RADIANT LIST DAYLIGHT - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • DAVIES J.G.,GILL J.C. (1960):
    RADIO ECHO MEASUREMENTS OF THE ORBITS OF FAINT SPORADIC METEORS
    Astron. Contr. Univ. Manchester, Series II, Reprints 223, 437-462
    ORBITS - SPORADIC BACKGROUND
    
    
    
  • BALLABH G.M.,BHATNAGAR A.,BHANDARI NARENDRA (1978):
    THE ORBIT OF THE DHAJALA METEORITE
    Icarus 33, 361-367
    METEORITE DHAJALA - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MCCROSKY RICHARD E. (1967):
    ORBITS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    Smiths. Inst. Astrophys. Obs., Research in Space Science 252, 1-25
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KASHCHEEV B.L.,LEBEDINETS V.N.,LAGUTIN M.F. (1962):
    RADAR DETERMINATION OF THE ORBITS OF INDIVIDUAL METEORS
    Soviet Astron. 5, 517-525
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • BABADZHANOV P.B. (1966):
    ORBITS OF BRIGHT METEORS FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS AT DUSHANBE AND ODESSA
    Soviet Astron. 10, 1046-1051
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KASHCHEEV B.L.,NOVOSELOVA N.V.,TKACHUK A.A. (1973):
    VELOCITIES AND ORBITS OF SMALL METEOROIDS
    Soviet Astron. 17, 840-841
    ORBITS - METEOROID VELOCITY
    
    
    
  • ASTAPOWITSCH I.S. (1939):
    RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF 66 ORBITS OF METEORITES
    J. Roy Astron. Soc. Canada 33, 305-308
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HALLIDAY IAN (1957):
    THE ORBIT AND SPECTRUM OF A BRIGHT SPORADIC METEOR (FIREBALL)
    J. Roy Astron. Soc. Canada 51, 287-297
    ORBITS - METEOR SPECTRUM
    
    
    
  • MILLMAN P.M. (1970):
    METEORITE ORBITS
    J. Roy Astron. Soc. Canada 64, 114-116
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • GRIFFIN A.A. (1975):
    THE DYNAMICS AND ORBIT OF AN IRON METEOROID
    J. Roy Astron. Soc. Canada 69, 126-132
    METEORITE IRON - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HOFFMEISTER CUNO (1924):
    BESTIMMUNGSGR™SSEN FšR 58 STERNSCHNUPPENBAHNEN
    Mitt. Sternwarte Sonneberg 5, 1-31
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • DAVIDSON M. (1912):
    ORBITS OF SOME OF THE METEORS OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND DECEMBER 1911
    J. British Astron. Assoc. 22, 264-267
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HOLMES E. (1913):
    METEOR ORBITS
    J. British Astron. Assoc. 23, 294-295
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • DAVIDSON M. (1913):
    METEOR ORBITS
    J. British Astron. Assoc. 23, 346-347
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • NOTE (1940):
    APPARENT DISTRIBUTION OF METEOROID ORBITS
    J. British Astron. Assoc. 50, 251-251
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • NEWTON H.A. (1888):
    ORBITS OF AEROLITES
    Astron. Journal 8, 41-41
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE F.L. (1947):
    PHOTOGRAPHIC ORBITS OF SPORADIC METEORS
    Astron. Journal 52, 50-51
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE F.L.,JACCHIA L.G. (1957):
    THE ORBITS OF 308 METEORS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH SUPER-SCHMIDT CAMERAS
    Astron. Journal 62, 37-38
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • TEDESCO EDWARD F.,HARVEY G.A. (1976):
    TRAJECTORIES AND ORBITS FROM THE NASA-NMSU METEOR OBSERVATORY
    Astron. Journal 81, 1010-1013
    METEOR TRAJECTORY - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HARVEY GALE A.,TEDESCO EDWARD F. (1977):
    TRAJECTORIES AND ORBITS FROM THE NASA-NMSU METEOR OBSERVATORY II.
    Astron. Journal 82, 445-447
    METEOR TRAJECTORY - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • DRUMMOND J.D.,HILL R.K.,BEEBE H.A. (1980):
    TRAJECTORIES AND ORBITS FROM THE NASA-NMSU METEOR OBSERVATORY III.
    Astron. Journal 85, 495-498
    METEOR TRAJECTORY - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MILLMAN PETER M. (1969):
    A COMPARISON OF VARIOUS METEORITE-ORBIT STUDIES
    Meteoritics 4, 286-286
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • OCHIAI T. (1985):
    JAPAN; ORBITAL DATA
    WGN, Journal of the IMO 13, 88-94
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HOFFMEISTER CUNO (1926):
    METEORBAHNEN (ORBITS)
    Die Sterne 6, 57-58
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • SCHIAPARELLI J.V. (1871):
    WAHRSCHEINLICHKEIT HYPERBOLISCHEN BAHNEN FšR AUS DAS INNERE DES SONNENSYSTEMES GELANGENDEN K™RPER
    In : Entwurf einer Astronomischen Theorie der Sternschnuppen, Th. von der Nahmer, Stettin, 261-267
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • PORTER J.G. (1952):
    METEOR ORBITS
    In : Comets and Meteor Streams., Chapman & Hall Ltd., London, 81-93
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE F.L.,HAWKINS G. (1959):
    METEOR DYNAMICS AND ORBITS OF COMETS, ASTEROIDS AND METEORS
    In Fl�gge S. (eds.): Astrophysics III: The Solar System., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, G”ttingen, Heidelberg, 527-530
    METEOR PHYSICS - COMET ORBIT - ASTEROID ORBIT - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KATASEV L.A. (1964):
    ORBITS OF METEORIC BODIES
    In : Photographic Methods in Meteor Astronomy., I.P.S.T., Jerusalem, 68-75
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • KRESAK L. (1968):
    THE RELATION BETWEEN ORBITS AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF METEORS
    In KRESAK L., MILLMAN P.M. (eds.): PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS OF METEORS., REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 217-235
    ORBITS - METEOROIDS
    
    
    
  • LEBEDINEC V.N. (1968):
    RADAR METEOR ORBITS
    In KRESAK L., MILLMAN P.M. (eds.): PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS OF METEORS., REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 241-244
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MCCROSKY R.E. (1968):
    ORBITS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METEORS
    In KRESAK L., MILLMAN P.M. (eds.): PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS OF METEORS., REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 265-279
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MILLMAN PETER M. (1968):
    ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION ON METEORITE ORBITS
    In MILLMAN PETER M. (eds.): METEORITE RESEARCH, REIDEL, PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 541-551
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • LEVIN B.JU.,SIMONENKO A.N. (1968):
    METEORITE RADIANTS AND ORBITS
    In MILLMAN PETER M. (eds.): METEORITE RESEARCH, REIDEL, PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 552-558
    FIREBALL RADIANT - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • ANDERS EDWARD,MELLICK PAUL J. (1968):
    ORBITAL CLUES TO THE NATURE OF METEORITE PARENT BODIES
    In MILLMAN PETER M. (eds.): METEORITE RESEARCH, REIDEL, PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 559-572
    METEORITE ORIGIN - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • LEBEDINETS V.N.,KORPUSOV V.N.,SOSNOVA A.K. (1972):
    STATISTICS OF THE ORBITS OF METEOR STREAMS AND COMETS
    In CHEBOTAREV G.A., KAZIMIRCHAK-POLONSKA, MARSDEN B.G. (eds.): THE MOTION, EVOLUTION OF ORBITS AND ORIGIN OF COMETS., REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY, DORDRECHT-HOLLAND, 491-497
    ORBITS - METEOROID DISTRIBUTION
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE FRED L. (1972):
    THE ORBITS OF METEORS PHOTOGRAPHIED AT TWO STATIONS, ASTRON.J.VOL.54, P.53, 1948
    In : Meteors and Comets and the Interplanetary Complexbrowse., SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, CAMBRIDGE., 166-166
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE FRED L. (1972):
    PHOTOGRAPHIC METEOR ORBITS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTON IN SPACE, ASTRON.J.VOL.59, PP.201-217,1954
    In : Meteors and Comets and the Interplanetary Complexbrowse., SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, CAMBRIDGE., 300-316
    METEOROID DISTRIBUTION - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE FRED L. (1972):
    THE ORBITS OF 308 METEORS PHOTOGRAPHIED WITH SUPER-SCHMIDT CAMERAS,ASTRON.J.VOL.62.PP.37-38,1957
    In : Meteors and Comets and the Interplanetary Complexbrowse., SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, CAMBRIDGE., 368-368
    ORBITS - PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERA
    
    
    
  • WHIPPLE FRED L. (1972):
    PRECISION ORBITS OF 413 PHOTOGRAPHIED METEORS,SMITHSONIAN CONTR.ASTROPHY., VOL.4,PP.97-129, 1961
    In : Meteors and Comets and the Interplanetary Complexbrowse., SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, CAMBRIDGE., 389-421
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MCDONNELL J.A.M.,HUGHES D.W. (1978):
    ORBITAL PARAMETERS OF METEOROIDS
    In McDonnell J.A.M. (eds.): Cosmic Dust., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, 157-161
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • MCDONNELL J.A.M.,DOHNANYI J.S. (1978):
    ORBITS OF INTERPLANETARY OBJECTS, METEORS
    In McDonnell J.A.M. (eds.): Cosmic Dust., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, 536-542
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • HALLIDAY I.,MCINTOSH B.A.,BABADZHANOV B.P.,GETMAN V.S. (1980):
    ORBIT, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, ATMOSPHERIC FRAGMENTATION OF A METEOROID FROM INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOS
    In Halliday I., McIntosh B.A. (eds.): Solid Particles in the Solar System., Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 111-116
    METEORITE COMPOSITION - METEOR FRAGMENTATION - ORBITS
    
    
    
  • STEEL D.I.,BAGGALEY W.J. (1985):
    METEOROID ORBITS DETERMINED BY SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RADAR
    In Giese R.H., Lamy P. (eds.): Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust., Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, 299-303
    ORBITS
    
    
    
  • Rendtel J.,Roggemans P. (1995):
    Meteoroid Orbits
    In Rendtel J., Arlt R., McBeath A. (eds.): Handbook for Visual Meteor Observers., International Meteor Organization, Potsdam, 19-21
    ORBITS
    
    
    

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  Rainer Arlt; last change: December 28, 1998