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Possible Meteor Outburst on May 30/31?
On the night of May 30/31, the Earth crosses the orbit of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, also known as SW3. The comet itself will not be anywhere near the vicinity of the Earth but debris from a…
The Sky is Falling Over Great Britain!
Nearly 900 reports from Great Britain and surrounding areas Only five days after a brilliant fireball startled observers in Great Britain , another fireball has occurred with a very similar…
Bright Fireball Over the United Kingdom 11 May 2022
At 23:40 Universal Time on Wednesday evening 11 May 2022, a brilliant fireball shot from south east toward the northwest over the southern United Kingdom. Although it occurred over the United…
Possible Meteor Outburst on 15 May 2022
On the morning of May 15, 2022, the Earth is expected to pass though a debris field created by the Apollo asteroid known as 2006GY 2 . This object is actually a double minor planet with the main body…
Registration opened for 2022 IMC in Poroszló, Hungary
Registration is now open for the 41st International Meteor Conference (IMC) that will be held on September 29 – October 2, 2022 in Poroszló, Hungary! The IMC will be a hybrid conference, which means…
WGN issue 50-1
The February 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: Janus C…
Viewing the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2022
Halley's Comet particles Every year between mid-April and the end of May, the Earth encounters the outbound debris from Halley's Comet. Outbound describes the motion of each particle as it moves away…
Impressive Fireball Over Southern England 9 April 2022
71 reports from 4 countries in Europe The International Meteor Organization has received 71 reports so far of a fireball event that occurred over southern England on 9 April 2022 around 02:38 GMT…
Brilliant Fireball Over Northern Italy 8 April 2022
78 reports from 5 countries in Europe The International Meteor Organization has received 78 reports so far of a fireball event that occurred over the the Northern Italy on 8 April 2022 around 22:12…
3rd Europlanet workshop on fireball databases, lunar impact flashes, machine learning
The third in a row of workshops organized by Europlanet will take place Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August 2022 at the University of Glasgow. There will be a continuation of the discussion of common…
2022 EB5 : 5th predicted Earth impact!
19h 24min UT on March 11, 2022. A small asteroidal trail is detected by Krisztián Sárneczky, from Piszkéstető Observatory (Hungaria), along GINOP-KHK program. Less than 2 hours later, the same…
Fireball Program: Welcome to Fireball Aotearoa (NZ)!
Charles P. Olivier , founder of the American Meteor Society (AMS), started to gather data from fireball witnesses in the 1930s . Since 2011, the AMS has accepted reports of suspected fireballs…
WGN issue 49-6
The December 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: From the…
Potential meteorite fall on Polish-German border on Jan 22, 2022
(reported by Pavel Spurný, Jiří Borovička, Lukáš Shrbený, Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic). Original article: https://www.asu.cas.cz/~meteor/bolid/2022_01_22/index.html On the evening of…
Large Fireball Over the United Kingdom 29 January 2022
More than 300 reports from 4 countries in Europe The International Meteor Organization has received more than 300 reports so far of a fireball event that occurred over the the United Kingdom on 29…
2nd Europlanet Workshop on Fireball Databases, Lunar Impact Flashes & Machine Learning
The second in a row of workshops organized by Europlanet will take place in virtual form Friday and Saturday, 04 Feb and 05 Feb 2022. The goal of the workshop is to enable data exchanges and trigger…
Previewing 2022 Major Meteor Events
As in all years, the activity of meteor showers largely depends on the phase of the moon. If the moon is more than one-half illuminated and above the horizon at the time of maximum activity, then the…
Viewing the 2022 Quadrantids
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. The…
