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2022 WJ1 : 6th predicted Earth impact!
Fast and efficient: this is what can qualify astronomers warning and reaction when David Rankin (Catalina Sky Survey, Arizona) picked up a small asteroid with the 1.5m telescope at the peak of Mount…
Viewing the Leonid Meteor Shower in 2022
The Leonids are remnants of comet 55P Tempel-Tuttle, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1998. The comet has just passed its farthest point from the sun and is now on its inbound leg…
23 meteors in a cluster!
We will probably never know what exactly happened in space shortly before October 30th, 2022, 03h 54min UT. But at that time, over Norway, a sudden flurry of 23 meteors appeared within a few seconds…
WGN issue 50-5
The October 2022 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: Guest Editorial…
Near Earth Asteroid detection during 2022 Taurid swarm?
Taurids: an unusual meteor shower Among all meteor showers, Taurids are very specific: their activity period is quite long, and overtakes the Anthelion source for a few months. The radiant of the…
Will There Be a Swarm of Taurid Meteors This Year?
The annual Taurid meteor shower usually does not inspire too much excitement as each branch (North & South) rarely produce more than 5 shower members per hour at maximum. They are usually in the…
Viewing the Orionid Meteor Shower in 2022
Each October the Earth passes through the inbound debris of Halley's Comet to produce the Orionid Meteor Shower. The outbound activity is seen in April and May of each year as the eta Aquariid meteor…
IMC 2022
After two successive years in which the COVID pandemic held us in a tight grip and where we were forced to have our annual International Meteor conferences as virtual meetings, this year we were…
Bright slow meteor over Northern UK on Sept 14
On September 14, 2022, at 20h 59min 40sec UT (21h 59min 40sec BST), a very bright and long-lasting meteor was widely observed and reported by more than 1 000 persons over United Kingdom and Ireland.
WGN issue 50-3-4
The June-August 2022 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: From the…
Unknown meteor shower outburst on Aug.16-17
On August 16-17, 2022, meteoric activity of an unknown meteor shower was detected in Aquarius/Capricorn region by CAMS network in USA and Chile (Figure 1a to 1d). The coordinates of the radiant of…
Aug. 13, 2022 Salt Lake daylight fireball : a link with Grand Teton (Aug. 10, 1972)?
Coincidences are sometimes really upsetting... On the Wikipedia page regarding Grand Teton (Wyoming) earthgrazer daylight fireball , that occured on August 10, 1972, a strange and obscure prediction…
Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower in 2022
For those of you who have written off the Perseids this summer, I beg to differ! Despite the full moon in the sky during the night of maximum activity, meteor rates will still be better than 95% of…
Viewing the Southern delta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2022
One good thing about a Perseid maximum with lunar interference is that it guarantees that two weeks prior that the Southern delta Aquariids (SDA) will peak under good conditions. Such is the case in…
Jean-Louis Rault
We are very sorry to announce that our dear friend Jean-Louis Rault, who has been an integral part of the IMO for many years, died this morning, 21 July 2022. Jean Louis Rault (b. 1949) was a French…
WGN issue 50-2
The April 2022 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: Editorial — Call…
2023 Meteor Shower Calendar
The 33 rd International Meteor Organization Meteor Shower Calendar is available! The main intention of the annual International Meteor Organization Meteor Shower Calendar is to draw the attention of…
Observed Meteor Outburst of tau-Herculids!
Figure 2- The same fireball as above was also seen from western Arizona in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. This photo, by Javor Kac, captures the fireball near the southern horizon shooting…
