Title
CCD modification to obtain high-precision orbits of meteoroids
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Atreya P.
Vaubaillon J.
Bouley S.
Gaillard B.
IMCCE
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Few high-resolution video cameras have been used for observing meteors, so the orbits obtained have high uncertainty. Precise orbits are necessary so that the meteors can be integrated backwards in time and be identified with their parent body. Also, by comparing these orbits with a theoretical evolution model, the meteors can be associated with a particular dust trail. An electronic shutter system has been developed to enhance the temporal resolution for large CCD sensors. For the first time, an LH100 camera with an electronic shutter system has been tested for observing meteors. This new innovational technique has removed the theoretical upper limit - resulting from slow frame rates - to the size of CCD that can be used for the detection of meteors. Three such cameras will be installed in southern France to create a network for determining the orbits of meteors; this will be called the CAmera for BEtter Resolution NETwork (CABERNET). Here, we present preliminary results from the Geminid test campaign, which made use of this camera. © 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2012 RAS.
Start page
2840
End page
2844
Volume
423
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84862663386
Source
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN of the container
00358711
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