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Major Meteor Showers
The meteor showers discussed below recur each year; in some cases they have been recognized for hundreds of years. The…
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Observer Profiles
Richard Taibi My interest in space and astronomy was awakened by Sputnik’s launch in 1957. I was 11 then and…
Links
Meteorites Meteorite Bulletin – comprehensive database of known meteorites Asteroids The Minor Planet Center — The MPC operates at the…
Glossary
Absolute magnitude (H10 and H0) This is the brightness a comet would exhibit if placed 1 AU from both the…
Meteor Spectroscopy
1997 marked the 100th anniversary of the first photographic meteor spectrum. This first spectrum was secured by chance during a…
Visual Observing
Introduction Meteor Science is one of the few remaining astronomical fields where amateur astronomers, equipped with only their eyes, can…
About AMS
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