Asteroid-Meteoroid Complexes

Abstract

This is an overview of recent research on meteors and the parent bodies from which they are produced. While many meteor showers result from material ejected by comets, two out of the three strongest annual showers (the Geminids and the Quadrantids) are associated with objects whose physical properties are apparently those of asteroids. In the last decades dynamical and observational studies have confirmed the existence of a number of Asteroid-Meteoroid Complexes, comprising streams and several macroscopic, split fragments. Spectroscopy of meteor showers has been utilized to investigate the perihelion-dependent thermal alteration while in interplanetary space. In this chapter, we review characteristics of the complexes, including those of some minor streams. The scientific interest is to trace the physical and dynamical properties of the complexes back to the evolutionary pathways to learn about the variety of production processes of meteoroids to form streams. We also discuss open questions in the field for the next decade.

arXiv commentChapter 8 in the book "Meteoroids: Sources of Meteors on Earth and Beyond", Cambridge University Press, 2019

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