On the proposed interstellar origin of the USG 20140108 fireball

PG Brown, J Borovička - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A critical review of the evidence for the interstellar origin of the USG 20140108 fireball is
presented. Examining United States Government (USG) fireball velocities where …

Some pertinent issues for interstellar panspermia raised after the discovery of 1I/'Oumuamua

SJ Desch, AP Jackson - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The interstellar objects 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov confirm the long-held expectation that
bodies from one stellar system will be carried to another, allowing, in principle, interstellar …

A meteor of apparent interstellar origin in the CNEOS fireball catalog

A Siraj, A Loeb - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The earliest confirmed interstellar object,'Oumuamua, was discovered in the solar system by
Pan-STARRS in 2017, allowing for a calibration of the abundance of interstellar objects of its …

[HTML][HTML] Oort cloud perturbations as a source of hyperbolic Earth impactors

E Peña-Asensio, J Visuri, JM Trigo-Rodríguez… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
The observation of interstellar objects 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov suggests the existence
of a larger population of smaller projectiles that impact our planet with unbound orbits. We …

Orbital characterization of superbolides observed from space: Dynamical association with near-earth objects, meteoroid streams, and identification of hyperbolic …

E Peña-Asensio, JM Trigo-Rodríguez… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
There is an unceasing incoming flux of extraterrestrial materials reaching the Earth
atmosphere. Some of these objects produce luminous columns when they ablate during the …

The Winchcombe fireball—That lucky survivor

S McMullan, D Vida, HAR Devillepoix… - … & planetary science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On February 28, 2021, a fireball dropped∼ 0.6 kg of recovered CM2 carbonaceous
chondrite meteorites in South‐West England near the town of Winchcombe. We reconstruct …

A global fireball observatory

HAR Devillepoix, M Cupak, PA Bland… - Planetary and Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
The world's meteorite collections contain a very rich picture of what the early Solar System
would have been made of, however the lack of spatial context with respect to their parent …

No evidence for interstellar fireballs in the CNEOS database

M Hajdukova, G Stober, D Barghini, P Koten… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. The detection of interstellar meteors, especially meteorite-drop** meteoroids,
would be transformative, as this would enable direct sampling of material from other stellar …

Cavezzo, the first Italian meteorite recovered by the PRISMA fireball network. Orbit, trajectory, and strewn-field

D Gardiol, D Barghini, A Buzzoni… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Two meteorite pieces have been recovered in Italy, near the town of Cavezzo (Modena), on
2020 January 4th. The associated fireball was observed on the evening of New Year's Day …

Discovery and physical characterization as the first response to a potential asteroid collision: The case of 2023 DZ2

MM Popescu, O Văduvescu, J de León… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that may evolve into impactors deserve detailed threat
assessment studies. Early physical characterization of a would-be impactor may help in …