RT Journal Article
T1 Analysis of Moon impact flashes detected during the 2012 and 2013 Perseids
A1 Madiedo Gil, José María
A1 Ortiz Moreno, José Luis
A1 Organero, F.
A1 Ana Hernández, Leonor
A1 Fonseca, F.
A1 Morales, Nicolás
A1 Cabrera Caño, Jesús
AB We present the results of our Moon impact flash detection campaigns performed around the maximum activity period of the Perseid meteor shower in 2012 and 2013. Just one flash produced by a Perseid meteoroid was detected in 2012 because of very unfavorable geometric conditions, but 12 flashes were confirmed in 2013. The visual magnitude of the flashes ranged between 6.6 and 9.3. A luminous efficiency of 1.8_10_3 has been estimated for meteoroids from this stream. According to this value, impactor masses would range between 1.9 and 190 g. In addition, we propose a criterion for establishing, from a statistical point of view, the likely origin of impact flashes recorded on the lunar surface.
PB European Southern Observatory
SN 0004-6361
SN 1432-0746 (electrónico)
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10395
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10395
LA eng
NO Madiedo Gil, J.M., Ortiz Moreno, J.L., Organero, F., Ana-Hernández, L., Fonseca, F., Morales, N., Cabrera Caño, J.: "Analysis of Moon impact flashes detected during the 2012 and2013 Perseids". Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2015. ISSN 0004-6361
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 14 jul 2026