Meteor Detection from the Fireball Moroccan Network: First Orbital Results and Links to Parent Bodies
- Authors: Guennoun M.1,2, Vaubaillon J.2, Benkhaldoun Z.1,3, Daassou A.1, Baratoux D.4, Rudawska R.5, Leroy A.6
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Affiliations:
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia
- Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides, Observatory of Paris
- Oukaimeden Observatory, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia
- Géosciences Environnement Toulouse
- Science Support Office European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC)
- Uranoscope of France
- Issue: Vol 63, No 8 (2019)
- Pages: 619-632
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7729/article/view/193019
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377291908002X
- ID: 193019
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Abstract
A network of meteor stations is being deployed in Morocco with the aim to determine meteor trajectories and their relationships with possible parent bodies. Several meteor showers may be related to known parent bodies, such as the the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which is associated to Perseids. Two stations of meteor observations with Watec cameras were recently installed in Morocco as part of this network, one at the Oukaimeden Observatory and the other at Marrakech. This paper presents the implementation of a software to determine the orientation of the camera, and the preliminary results obtained with the two stations.
About the authors
M. Guennoun
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia; Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides, Observatory of Paris
Author for correspondence.
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
Morocco, Marrakech; Paris
J. Vaubaillon
Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides, Observatory of Paris
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
France, Paris
Z. Benkhaldoun
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia; Oukaimeden Observatory, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
Morocco, Marrakech; Marrakesh
A. Daassou
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
Morocco, Marrakech
D. Baratoux
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
France, Toulouse
R. Rudawska
Science Support Office European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC)
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
Netherlands, Noordwijk
A. Leroy
Uranoscope of France
Email: guennoun.meryem27@gmail.com
France, Gretz-Armainvilliers
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