@conference{10272/9360,
year = {2013},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9360},
abstract = {Several objects have been proposed
as the parent body of the α-Capricornid meteoroid
stream. Among these we can find the short period
comets 141P/Machholz and 45P/Honda-Mrkos-
Pajdusakova, but also asteroids such as (2101) Adonis,
2002 EX12(=169P/NEAT) and (9162) 1987 OA [1-5].
This stream produces an annual display of meteors
from about July 19 to August 18, peaking around the
end of July [5]. Although most of these meteors are
faint, this meteoroid stream also presents a population
of large (cm-sized) meteoroids that give rise to very
bright bolides. Thus, for instance, the brightest event
recorded in 2006 by the SPanish Meteor Network
SPMN was associated with this meteor shower [6].
Unfortunately these events are rare, but a continuous
monitoring of the night sky is fundamental in order to
register these fireballs. In this way, we can study the
physico-chemical properties of these meteoroids and
also obtain precise orbital information to establish
which is the parent body of this stream. We present
here the analysis of four α-Capricornid fireballs registered
in July 2012 in the framework of our continuous
fireball monitoring and spectroscopic campaigns.},
title = {Physico-chemical properties of meteoroids from the alpha-capricornid stream},
author = {Toscano, F. M. and Madiedo Gil, José María and Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María and Ortiz Moreno, José Luis and Castro Tirado, Alberto J. and Cabrera Caño, Jesús},
}