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IMO endorsing the ALLEA statements on threats to academic freedom
The International Meteor Organization is one of the growing number of scientific associations that has endorsed the ALLEA statement on threats to the academic freedom and international research…
WGN issue 52-6 - December 2024
The December 2024 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: International…
Viewing the 2025 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Heather Wendelboe processed this composite photograph of Quadrantid meteors from exposures taken on the morning of 3 January 2021, from Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming, USA Tracing the meteor paths…
Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2024
The Ursid meteor shower is the least observed of the major annual showers. In the northern hemisphere December nights are cold and often cloudy. Another hindrance is the fact that it peaks just…
Viewing the 2024 Geminid Meteor Shower
The Geminids in 2024 will be largely spoiled by a bright moon which reaches its full phase on December 15th. The time of maximum activity is predicted to occur anywhere from 17 Universal Time on…
Location of possible meteorites for the NEA 2024 XA1
The asteroid 2024 XA1, a meter-sized object which impacted Earth on 3 December 202 4 at 16:15 UTC over a remote area of the Sakha Republic (Russia), was discovered only a few hours before impact. The…
WGN issue 52-4/5 - August-October 2024
The August-October 2024 double 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…
2024 IMC talks available on Youtube
Most of the talks of the IMC were recorded and are now available in the International Meteor Organization official Youtube chanel , in IMC Talks 2024 playlist (more than 40 videos, and more than 10…
Small asteroid to enter Earth atmosphere above Eastern Siberia in a few hours!
It's the 11th on the list of asteroids discovered BEFORE they enter the Earth atmosphere. So the 11th predicted shooting star in human history! The 11th near Earth asteroid to be discovered before it…
2024 UQ: freshly discovered, immediately reentered
This time, it did not let the time to astronomers to prepare themselves for its atmospheric entry... 2024 UQ, 10th asteroid to be discovered before it entered the atmosphere was barely observed, as…
International Meteor Conference 2024 - Report
The 43rd International Meteor Conference was held from September 19 to 22, 2024 at the Hotel Mědínek in Kutná Hora - a town in the Czech Republic famous for silver mining in the middle ages. The…
WGN issue 52-3 - June 2024
The June 2024 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: Shower Activity…
Can a Meteorite Fall Start a Wildfire?
This is a topic which is sometimes found in newspaper articles: a "hot, smoking crater" , or a "wildfire" was triggered just after a fireball was seen in a given region of the Earth. Is the link…
Daylight fireball and meteorite recovery in South Africa on Aug. 25!
Videos are impressive: during broad daylight, a very bright fireball fragments over South Africa and is recorded by numerous citizens. But the story is even more crazy! Not only did a meter-sized…
Asteroid 2024 RW1 atmospheric entry in pictures & videos
As expected, small asteroid 2024 RW1, discovered on September 4th, 2024 morning, entered the atmosphere at 20.8 km/s above Northern Philippines islands the same day, at 16h 39min UT. Some witnesses…
2024 RW1, 9th predicted Earth impactor, on its way to Northern Philippines!
Freshly discovered in the first hours of September 4th by the Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96), part of Catalina Sky Survey, 2024 RW1 is a small asteroid (around 1 m dimensions) coming from the main asteroid…
Meteor Shower Calendar 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable year of celestial wonders! Our updated Meteor Shower Calendar for 2025 , expertly edited by Jürgen Rendtel, is now available for download. This essential guide includes…
Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower in 2024
Comet Dust Each July and August the Earth encounters debris left behind from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet has an orbit of 133 years and last entered the inner solar system in 1992. Even though…
