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IMC 2021 - Online Edition
The International Meteor Organization organizes a two-day online IMC on Saturday September 25 th and Sunday September 26 th , 2021. In order to register for attendance of the online IMC, please send…
Viewing the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2021
Halley's Comet particles Many of our readers were born after the last appearance of Halley's comet in 1986. They will have to wait until 2061 for it's next appearance. For those of us who did see it…
Bright Fireball Over the Gulf of Lion
Nearly 600 reports from France, Switzerland and Italy The International Meteor Organization (IMO) has received nearly 600 reports of a fireball moving in a northwestern direction over the Gulf of…
Europlanet Science Workshops in 2021
Europlanet Society organizes a series of virtual Workshops and Congress that can be of interest for meteor observers. Registration open for Virtual Fireballs Workshop #1 on Fireball Databases and…
Possible Italian meteorite dropping fireball on March 15
The International Meteor Organization has received 18 reports of a -10 mag fireball that was seen over Italy at 19:58 UT on 15 March 2021. Our computer generated trajectory shows a very short path…
Viewing the Lyrids in 2021
The Lyrids are particles shed from comet 1861 G1 Thatcher, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1861. Don’t expect this comet to return anytime soon as its orbit has been calculated to…
Daylight fireball over the Channel on March 20
On March 20, 2021, around 14h 53min UT, a very bright fireball was observed in daylight from North-Western France and Southern Great Britain. Some sonic booms were also heard from Souther Brittany…
The delta-Mensids active again in 2021
Observers from the Southern Hemisphere have reported activity from the little-known shower known as the delta Mensids...
Extremely rare meteorite recovered in UK!
Shortly after the widely observed fireball on Feb 27, 2021, meteorites were found lying on a driveway in the small Cotswold town of Winchcombe. Almost 300g of this very fresh meteorites were fast…
WGN issue 49-1
The February 2021 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: Janus ( C…
Two potential meteorite dropping fireballs over Europe on Feb 27 and 28
On February 27 and 28, two major fireballs have been widely observed, reported and filmed over France and Great Britain. Both of them are potential meteorite droppers: trajectory calculations now…
Meteor Activity from Two New Southern Showers
At the very end of year 2020, and in mid-February 2021, two Southern minor meteor showers were detected using CAMS video network. The first one, called Volantid (VOL) , peaked on December 31, 2020…
UPDATE: Meteorite recovery after Swedish Nov 7 fireball
On November 7, 2020, around 21h 27min UT, a very bright fireball was observed and video recorded over Scandinavia...
Natural vs artificial February fireballs
Two events, two origins. On February 18th evening, a very bright fireball lit up Scottish skies. Two night before, on February 16th morning, another bright event was spotted and filmed from Southern…
Belgian fireball on January 22
As twilight was coming on January 22, 2021, a bright fireball crossed over Belgium at 06h 52min UT. It was observed and reported by over 190 persons , was captured by an amateur camera as well as by…
Meteor burst from unknown origin
On Monday morning 2021 January 18, at 11:30 Universal Time, an AMS camera system owned by the University of Arizona, operating in central San Diego County, California, captured a swam of 7 bright…
Viewing the Quadrantid Meteor Shower in 2021
The Quadrantids can be one of the strongest displays of the year, yet they are difficult to observe. The main factor is that the display of strong activity only has a duration of about 6 hours...
Santa's sleigh over China?
On 23.12.2020 at 07:23 am local time (22.12.2020, 23h23 UT) a bright fireball could be seen flying over Southern China, Nanqiang County. Since it was the Day before Christmas Eve, could it have been…
