Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico

In this paper, the importance of information posted on social networks in the study of meteoroid entry into the Earth’s atmosphere is shown. This kind of networks work thanks to the information shared by many people, which is stored on different servers. Using these reservoirs, we identified 24 such...

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Published in:Geofísica internacional 2025-01, Vol.64 (1), p.1379-1394
Main Authors: Cuevas Muñóz, Arturo, Gallegos Flores, Andrea Monserrat, Cordero Tercero, María Guadalupe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
asteroids
bolides
meteors
social networks
trajectory estimation
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Summary:In this paper, the importance of information posted on social networks in the study of meteoroid entry into the Earth’s atmosphere is shown. This kind of networks work thanks to the information shared by many people, which is stored on different servers. Using these reservoirs, we identified 24 such events between April 2013 and November 2023, most of which were not recorded even by satellites such as GOES or other U.S. government sensors. Furthermore, from the collected information we estimated the trajectory of five meteoroids and the mean angular velocity of three of these. En este trabajo mostramos la importancia de la información publicada en redes sociales para estudiar la entrada de meteoroides a la atmósfera terrestre. Este tipo de redes funciona gracias a un gran número de personas quienes comparten información, la cual se conserva en distintos servidores. Usando estos reservorios, identificamos 24 eventos de este tipo entre abril de 2013 y noviembre de 2023, la mayoría de los cuales no fueron registrados incluso por satélites como los GOES u otros sensores del gobierno de Estados Unidos. A partir de la información recopilada, estimamos la trayectoria de cinco meteoroides y la velocidad angular media de tres de ellos.
ISSN:0016-7169
2954-436X
DOI:10.22201/igeof.2954436xe.2025.64.1.1802