Bright fireballs associated with the potentially hazardous asteroid 2007LQ19

We analyse here two very bright fireballs produced by the ablation in the atmosphere of two large meteoroids in 2009 and 2010. These slow-moving and deep-penetrating events were observed over Spain in the framework of our Spanish Fireball Network continuous meteor monitoring campaign. The analysis o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Madiedo Gil, José María, Cabrera Caño, Jesús María, Trigo Rodríguez, Josep Maria, Ortiz, José L., Castro Tirado, Alberto J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/64841
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/64841
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1261
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Meteorites
Meteors
Meteoroids
Meteoroids-minor planets
Asteroids: general–minor planets
Asteroids: individual: 2007LQ19
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Sumario:We analyse here two very bright fireballs produced by the ablation in the atmosphere of two large meteoroids in 2009 and 2010. These slow-moving and deep-penetrating events were observed over Spain in the framework of our Spanish Fireball Network continuous meteor monitoring campaign. The analysis of the emission spectrum imaged for one of these fireballs has provided the first clues about the chemical nature of the progenitor meteoroids. The orbital parameters of these particles suggest a likely association with the recently identified July ρ-Herculid (JRH) meteoroid stream. In addition, considerations about the likely parent body of this stream are also made on the basis of orbital dissimilarity criteria. This orbital analysis reveals that both meteoroids and PHA 2007LQ19 exhibit a similar evolution during a time period of almost 8000 years, which suggests that either this near Earth object (NEO) is the potential parent of these particles or that this NEO and both meteoroids had a common progenitor in the past.