RT Conference Proceedings
T1 The 2012 geminids balloon-borne mission over Spain
A1 Sánchez de Miguel, A.
A1 Ocaña Gónzalez, Francisco
A1 Madiedo Gil, José María
A1 Ortuño, F.
A1 Conde, A.
A1 León, P.
A1 Gómez Sánchez-Tirado, M. A.
A1 Mayo, D.
A1 Raya, R.
A1 Zamorano, J.
A1 Izquierdo Gómez, Jaime
A1 Trigo Rodríguez, Josep María
AB Observing meteors from the stratosphereimproves detection efficiency thanks to muchlower extinction. Previous airborne missions have alreadymonitored meteor outbursts. However due totheir cost these missions are not suitable for annual meteorshower maxima. Thus meteor video detection withlow-light cameras on-board weather balloons is a goodapproach to observe meteors in such ideal conditions[2].The SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN) has 25video and CCD observing stations currently operational[3-5]. The recording of multi-stations meteorsand fireballs each night is only jeopardised by badweather conditions. However the addition of balloonobservations can improve observational results withbad weather during meteor maxima.During the Geminids 2012 activity peak the Fireballand Meteor group of the Universidad Complutensede Madrid[6] launched a balloon in collaboration withProyecto Daedalus [1]. During that night the sky wasunfortunately covered in several SPMN stations of centralSpain. However the camera on-board our balloondetected several Geminids from the troposphere andthe stratosphere, allowing double-station detection withstations with clear skies located over more distantSPMN stations in the Iberian Peninsula.
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9398
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9398
LA eng
NO Sánchez de Miguel, A., Ocaña Gónzalez, F., Madiedo Gil, J.M., Ortuño, F., Conde, A., León, P., Gómez Sánchez-Tirado, M.A., Mayo, D., Raya, R., Zamorano, J., Izquierdo Gómez, J., Trigo Rodríguez, J.M.: "The 2012 geminids balloon-borne mission over Spain". En: 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (The Woolands, Texas, march 18-22, 2013)
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