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A large international collaboration, involving nearly one hundred researchers worldwide and led by Auriane Egal (FRIPON / Montreal Planetarium / University of Western Ontario) publishes today in Nature Astronomy (see also ArXiv) the first comprehensive study of an asteroid tracked from…
In less than a year after the predicted impact of asteroid 2023CX1 above Normandy, France, a newly discovered asteroid again impact over European territory. This time a 1-meter sized asteroid created a bright fireball in the skies close to Berlin,…
A new meteorite has been recovered in France after a fireball was widely observed on the night of 9 September 2023 by FRIPON fireball cameras and eyewitnesses. A local resident of Sauldre et Sologne reported finding a potential meteorite on…
Each year, the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) organises an international conference that brings together professional and amateur meteor observers from across the globe. Some of the FRIPON national coordinators also attended the event and enjoyed the various talks covering the…
Meteor observers could enjoy the Perseids meteor shower this year thanks to ideal viewing for two nights with little interference of moonlight, if local weather permitted. Fireballs of the famous summertime meteor shower were also recorded by the cameras of…