Meteors

 

Meteors are the visible streak of light that occurs when a grain-size object fall through the Earth's atmosphere. At the Wise observatory, we observed using special video cameras some meteor showers, like the Leonids, Perseids and Geminids and derived their lightcurves:

·          Lightcurves of Geminids 2001.

·          Meteor light curves: the relevant parameters.

·          Characterization of meteor light curves – ACM 2005, Buzios, Brazil.

·          A Leonid bolid at APOD.

·          Links:

·          IMO – International Meteor Organization