Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Astronomy, no. 55, p. 48-51 (2017)
Earth atmosphere grazing meteors
P. Kozak, Ph. D.,
Astronomical Observatory of National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Kyiv
Abstract
An overview of described in literature earth atmosphere grazing meteors observed with optic methods is proposed. Results of observations of such a meteor detected in Kyiv on 23 September 2003 with super-isocon TV cameras are described. Kinematic parameters of the meteor trajectory in earth atmosphere and its heliocentric orbit elements are given. The comparative analysis of other meteor catalogues for presence in them and a number of such anomalous meteors is carried out.
Key words
earth atmosphere grazing meteors; meteor physics; video observations of meteors
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