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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Main Authors: Arturo Cuevas Muñóz, Andrea Monserrat Gallegos Flores, María Guadalupe Cordero Tercero
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Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1802
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-ccd4296ecfdd4985834780a938d9c8ed2025-08-20T02:56:43ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de GeofísicaGeofísica Internacional0016-71692954-436X2025-01-016411379139410.22201/igeof.2954436xe.2025.64.1.18021803Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from MexicoArturo Cuevas Muñóz0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9630-9098Andrea Monserrat Gallegos Flores1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2215-5256María Guadalupe Cordero Tercero2https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9630-9098Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ingeniería, CDMX, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ingeniería, CDMX, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geofísica, CDMX, MexicoIn 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.http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1802social networksasteroidsmeteorsbolidestrajectory estimation
spellingShingle Arturo Cuevas Muñóz
Andrea Monserrat Gallegos Flores
María Guadalupe Cordero Tercero
Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico
Geofísica Internacional
social networks
asteroids
meteors
bolides
trajectory estimation
title Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico
title_full Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico
title_fullStr Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico
title_short Utilizing Citizen Contribution to Track Cosmic Material Entry into Earth's Atmosphere: Insights from Mexico
title_sort utilizing citizen contribution to track cosmic material entry into earth s atmosphere insights from mexico
topic social networks
asteroids
meteors
bolides
trajectory estimation
url http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1802
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