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T1 Orbital elements and emission spectrum of a Comae Berenicids fireball
A1 Martínez, L.
A1 Madiedo Gil, José María
A1 Toscano, F. M.
A1 Castro Tirado, Alberto J.
A1 Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María
A1 Pastor, S.
A1 Reyes, J. A. de los
AB The Comae Berenicids (COM) is aminor meteor shower with an activity period that extendsfrom Dec. 12 to January 23 and a maximumaround the end of December. This shower was tentativelylinked to comet 1913 I (Lowe), but this objectwas so poorly observed that its existence was not confirmed[1, 2]. By simultaneously imaging meteors belongingto this shower, we can obtain precise physicochemicalparameters that can provide a better understandingof the Comae Berenicids meteoroids stream.These include, for instance, radiant and orbit information.But, besides, bright events allow us to register theemission spectrum produced when meteoroids ablatein the atmosphere, and this can provide useful informationrelated to the chemical composition of theseparticles of interplanetary matter [3, 4, 5, 6].Nowadays, the SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN)monitors the night sky from 27 meteor observing stationslocated in the Iberian Peninsula. We have theadvantage of more favourable weather conditions duringDecember and January when compared to otherareas in the northern hemisphere and, so, this providesgood conditions to analyze the Comae Berenicids duringthe activity period of this shower. We present herethe analysis of a three-station Comae Berenicids fireballwith an absolute magnitude of about -8±1 imagedon January 14, 2011.
YR 2012
FD 2012
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NO Martínez, L., Madiedo Gil, J.M., Toscano, F.M., Castro Tirado, A.J., Trigo Rodríguez, J.M., Pastor, S., Reyes, J.A.: "Orbital elements and emission spectrum of a Comae Berenicids fireball". En: 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (The Woolands, Texas, march 19-23, 2012)
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