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T1 Physico-chemical properties of meteoroids from the alpha-capricornid stream
A1 Toscano, F. M.
A1 Madiedo Gil, José María
A1 Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María
A1 Ortiz Moreno, José Luis
A1 Castro Tirado, Alberto J.
A1 Cabrera Caño, Jesús
AB Several objects have been proposedas the parent body of the α-Capricornid meteoroidstream. Among these we can find the short periodcomets 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 meteorsfrom about July 19 to August 18, peaking around theend of July [5]. Although most of these meteors arefaint, this meteoroid stream also presents a populationof large (cm-sized) meteoroids that give rise to verybright bolides. Thus, for instance, the brightest eventrecorded in 2006 by the SPanish Meteor NetworkSPMN was associated with this meteor shower [6].Unfortunately these events are rare, but a continuousmonitoring of the night sky is fundamental in order toregister these fireballs. In this way, we can study thephysico-chemical properties of these meteoroids andalso obtain precise orbital information to establishwhich is the parent body of this stream. We presenthere the analysis of four α-Capricornid fireballs registeredin July 2012 in the framework of our continuousfireball monitoring and spectroscopic campaigns.
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9360
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9360
LA eng
NO Toscano, F.M., Madiedo Gil, J.M., Trigo Rodríguez, J.M., Ortiz Moreno, J.L., Castro Tirado, A.J., Cabrera Caño, J.: "Physico-chemical properties of meteoroids from the alpha-capricornid stream".  En: 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (The Woolands, Texas, march 18-22, 2013)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026