Meteoroids
Sources of Meteors on Earth and Beyond

The definitive guide to modern meteor science, destined to be the standard resource for advanced students and researchers.

Galina O. Ryabova (Edited by), David J. Asher (Edited by), Margaret D. Campbell-Brown (Edited by)

9781108426718, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 October 2019

318 pages
28.2 x 22.3 x 2 cm, 1.16 kg

''Meteoroids are small bits of rock and ice that flare into meteors (shooting stars) when they impact atmospheres … this book showcases important recent developments. Since 2000, a revolution in dynamical studies, supported by the assembly of large data sets, has allowed researchers to correlate major meteor showers with parent bodies and improve prediction of their activity. The first lunar impact flash wasn't confirmed until 1999, but now the subject merits a chapter of its own! Nevertheless, understanding the nature and behavior of meteoroids is still constrained in many ways, especially regarding how they fragment while traversing the atmosphere. Twelve coauthored chapters are grouped into five subject-related sections: meteor physics, meteor observations on Earth, exometeors, sources of meteoroids (the longest section), and finally the hazards posed by meteoroids in space and on Earth. Written primarily for specialists, [the] chapters are exhaustively referenced …' B. M. Simonson, Choice

This definitive guide provides advanced students and researchers with a detailed yet accessible overview of all of the central topics of meteor science. Leading figures from the field summarise their active research on themes ranging from the physical composition of meteoroids to the most recent optical and radar observations and ongoing theoretical developments. Crucial practical issues are also considered, such as the risk posed by meteoroids - to spacecraft, and on the ground - and future avenues of research are explored. Taking advantage of the latest dynamical models, insights are offered into meteor flight phenomena and the evolution of meteoroid streams and complexes, as well as describing the in-depth laboratory analysis of recovered material. The rapid rate of progress in twenty-first-century research makes this volume essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how recent developments broaden our understanding of meteors, meteoroids and their origins.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: meteor astronomy in the XXI century
References
Part I. Meteor Physics: 1. Modelling the entry of meteoroids Olga Popova, Jiri Borovicka and Margaret Campbell-Brown
2. Physical and chemical properties of meteoroids Jiri Borovicka, Robert J. Macke, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Frans J. M. Rietmeijer and Tomas Kohout
Part II. Meteor Observations on the Earth: 3. Radar observations of meteors Johan Kero, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Gunter Stober, Jorge Luis Chau, John David Mathews and Asta Pellinen-Wannberg
4. Meteors and meteor showers as observed by optical techniques Pavel Koten, Jurgen Rendtel, Lukas Shrbeny, Peter Gural, Jiri Borovicka and Pavlo Kozak
Part III. Meteors on the Moon and Planets: 5. Extra-terrestrial meteors Apostolos Christou, Jeremie Vaubaillion, Paul Withers, Ricardo Hueso and Rosemary Killen
6. Impact flashes of meteoroids on the moon Jose M. Madiedo, Jose L. Ortiz, Masahisa Yanagisawa, Jesus Aceituno and Francisco Aceituno
Part IV. Interrelations: 7. From parent body to meteor shower: the dynamics of meteoroid streams Jeremie Vaubaillon, Lubos Neslusan, Aswin Sekhar, Regina Rudawska and Galina O. Ryabova
8. Asteroid-meteoroid complexes Toshihiro Kasuga and David Jewitt
9. Minor meteor showers and the sporadic background Iwan P. Williams, Tadeusz J. Jopek, Regina Rudawska, Juraj Toth and Leonard Kornos
10. Interstellar meteoroids Maria Hajdukova, Jr, Veerle Sterken and Paul Wiegert
Part V. Hazard: 11. The meteoroid impact hazard for spacecraft Gerhard Drolshagen and Althea Moorhead
12. Impact hazard of large meteoroids and small asteroids Vladimir Svetsov, Valery Shuvalov, Gareth Collins and Olga Popova
Index.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Cosmology & the universe [PGK]