Astronomical School’s Report, 2014, Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 37–42

https://doi.org/10.18372/2411-6602.10.1037
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UDC 523.682.4

Traces on the sky: classification and results of regular observations of the twilight bolides

Churyumov K.I.1, Steklov A.F.2, Vidmachenko A.P.3, Steklov E.A.2

1Kyiv Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
2Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Ukraine
3Main Astronomical Observatory NAS of Ukraine

Abstract

We propose to organize a small basic Observatory aerospace monitoring of dangerous fireballs for a detailed study of the Earth interaction with space environment. During the observation from March 2013 to July 2014 we recorded fall at least a dozen of comet nuclei fragments, at least five large and dozens of smaller fragments of meteoroids. So, like most countries in Europe and America, Ukraine needs to create a network of small basic aerospace monitoring observatories equipped with wide-angle lenses with a simple compact camera to measure these phenomena on a personal computer. These simple inexpensive hardware complexes should be equipped a professional observatory and university, school and amateur observation points.

Keywords: twilight bolides; observations

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