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The following sources are recommended by an expert whose research specialty is meteor showers. |
· Hawkes, R., I. Mann, and P. Brown (eds). 2006. Modern Meteor Science: An Interdisciplinary View. Springer.
· Jenniskens, P. 2006. Meteor Showers and Their Parent Comets. Cambridge University Press.
· Kronk, G.W. 1988. Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog. Enslow Publishers.
· McKinley, D.W.R. 1961. Meteor Science and Engineering. McGraw-Hill.
· Lovell, A.C.B. 1954. Meteor Astronomy. Clarendon Press.
· Olivier, C.P. 1925. Meteors. Williams and Wilkins.
-- CLASSIC MONOGRAPH --
· Schiaparelli, G.V. 1871. Entwurf einer Astronomischen Theorie der Sternschnuppen. Th. v. d. Nahmer.
-- JOURNAL --
· WGN: The Journal of the International Meteor Organization. 1973-present, bimonthly. Trayner, C. (ed). International Meteor Organization. http://www.imo.net/imo/wgn
-- SCIENCE --
· Jenniskens, P., F. Rietmeijer, N. Brosch, and M. Fonda. 2000. Leonid Storm Research. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
· Lazzaro, D., S. Ferraz-Mello, and J. Angel Fernández (eds). 2005. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors: Proceedings of the 229th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7-12, 2005. Cambridge University Press.
· Murad, E., and I.P. Williams (eds). 2002. Meteors in the Earth's Atmosphere. Cambridge University Press.
· Yano, H., S. Abe, and M. Yoshikawa (eds). 2003. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Report SP No. 15: Proceedings of the 2002 International Science Symposium on the Leonid Meteor Storms. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/publications/reportSP/cont2002.html
-- POPULAR MONOGRAPHS --
· Beech, M. 2006. Meteors and Meteorites: Origins and Observations. Crowood Press.
· Bias, P.V. 2005. Meteors and Meteor Showers. An Amateur's Guide to Meteors. Miracle Publishing.
· Bone, N. 1994. Meteors. Sky and Telescope Observer's Guides, Sky Publishing.
-- PROFESSIONAL WEB SITES --
· IMCCE Meteor Showers Database. Institut de Mécanique Céléste et de Calcul des Ephémérides. http://www.imcce.fr/page.php?nav=en/ephemerides/phenomenes/meteor/database.php
· Jenniskens, P. The Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign. Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/
· Leonid Meteors. Armagh Observatory. http://www.arm.ac.uk/leonid/
· Meteor Research at the Ondrejov Observatory. Group of Meteor Physics, Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. http://www.asu.cas.cz/~meteor/
· Space Environments and Effects (SEE) Program. Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://see.msfc.nasa.gov/
· Spanish Photographic Meteor Network. http://www.spmn.uji.es/ENG/presentation.html
· University of Western Ontario Meteor Group. University of Western Ontario. http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/
-- POPULAR WEB SITE --
· Kronk, G.W. Meteor Showers Online. http://meteorshowersonline.com/
-- AMATEUR ORGANIZATIONS --
· American Meteor Society. http://www.amsmeteors.org/
· British Astronomical Association Meteor Section. British Astronomical Association. http://britastro.org/baa/content/blogsection/11/118/
· Dutch Meteor Society. http://www.dmsweb.org/
· International Meteor Organization. http://www.imo.net/
· McBeath, A. Society for Popular Astronomy Meteor Section. Society for Popular Astronomy. http://www.popastro.com/sections/meteor.htm
· Nipon Meteor Society. http://www.nms.gr.jp/en/
· North American Meteor Network. http://www.namnmeteors.org/
· Polish Fireball Network. http://www.pkim.org/?q=en
· Sociedad de Observadores de Meteoros y Cometas de España (Spanish Meteor Society). http://www.iac.es/AA/SOMYCE/somycee.html
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