Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 July 4, 1956
- 2 What is a meteor?
- 3 Some historical notes
- 4 Small rocks and dust in space
- 5 Observing meteors
- 6 Recording meteors
- 7 A New Year gift: the Quadrantids
- 8 The Lyrids – an April shower
- 9 The Eta Aquarids
- 10 The Omicron Draconids, continued
- 11 The Delta Aquarids
- 12 Tears of St. Lawrence: Perseid trails and trials
- 13 The August Pavonids
- 14 The Orionids
- 15 The Taurids
- 16 The Leonids
- 17 The Geminids
- 18 The Ursids
- 19 A catalog of meteor showers throughout the year
- Appendix
- Index
Appendix
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 July 4, 1956
- 2 What is a meteor?
- 3 Some historical notes
- 4 Small rocks and dust in space
- 5 Observing meteors
- 6 Recording meteors
- 7 A New Year gift: the Quadrantids
- 8 The Lyrids – an April shower
- 9 The Eta Aquarids
- 10 The Omicron Draconids, continued
- 11 The Delta Aquarids
- 12 Tears of St. Lawrence: Perseid trails and trials
- 13 The August Pavonids
- 14 The Orionids
- 15 The Taurids
- 16 The Leonids
- 17 The Geminids
- 18 The Ursids
- 19 A catalog of meteor showers throughout the year
- Appendix
- Index
Summary
Meteor societies and books
The International Meteor Organization. Founded in 1988, the IMO seeks to bring together meteor enthusiasts from all over the world. www.imo.net.
The American Meteor Society. Founded in 1911, this organization brings together serious meteor observers. www.amsmeteors.org.
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. For southern hemisphere observers, the RASNZ has an active comet and meteor section headed by John Drummond. www.rasnz.org.nz/Sections.htm#comet.
The Dutch Meteor Society is one of the most active of the European meteor organizations. home.wxs.nl/~terkuile/.
Another excellent website is Gary Kronk's Meteor Calendar. It offers detailed histories and observing information for major and minor showers each month. comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/calendar.html.
In addition, almost every national astronomy society has a section, or a program, involving meteor observing. These sections can usually be found in the web pages of the various national societies.
There are several good books on meteors and meteorites. Mike Reynolds' Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001) offers advice from an experienced meteorite collector and meteor observer.
Finally, more advanced readers will enjoy and benefit from Peter Jenniskens' Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
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