4 papers
Detection and characterisation of binary asteroid candidates through stellar occultations
R. Lallemand, J. Desmars, B. Sicardy +256
Binary asteroids provide key access to fundamental parameters of Solar System remnants and planetary formations. However, the current knowledge of binary asteroids remains strongly…
Meteor clusters: tracing meteoroid fragmentation in near-Earth space
Pavel Koten, David Äapek, Juraj Tóth +5
Meteor clusters are typically defined as groups of meteors that appear close together in both space and time. To date, only a handful of such events have been recorded instrumental…
Towards a definition of a meteor cluster: Detection of meteor clusters from meteor orbit databases
A. Ashimbekova, J. Vaubaillon, P. Koten
As of today, there is no official definition of a meteor cluster. It is usually identified as a large number of meteors sharing a similar radiant and velocity, all occurring within…
A very young tau-Herculid meteor cluster observed during a 2022 shower outburst
Pavel Koten, David Äapek, Juraj Tóth +6
To date only very few meteor clusters have been instrumentally recorded. This means that every new detection is an important contribution to the understanding of these phenomena, w…