Creation of the Ukrainian meteor observation network: instruments, methods for processing, observatin possibilities

1Golubaev, AV, 2Gorbanev, Yu.M, 3Shulga, OV, 4Andreev, ОА, 3Bushuev, FI, 5Vidmachenko, AP, 6Hrudynin, BO, 5Zhilyaev, BE, 3Kaliuzhnyi, MP, 7Kozak, PM, 3Kulichenko, MO, 4Malynovskyi, Ye.V, 7Mozgova, АМ, 8Savchuk, SG, 5Steklov, AF, 9Sumaruk, Yu.P, 8Yankiv-Vitkovska, LM
1Institute of Astronomy of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2Research Institute «Astronomical Observatory», Odesa National I.I. Mechnikov University, Odesa, Ukraine
3Scientific-Research Institute «Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory», Mykolaiv, Ukraine
4Rivne Minor Academy of Science of School-Age Youth, Rivne, Ukraine
5Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
6Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University, Hlukhiv, Ukraine
7Astronomical Observatory of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
8National University «Lviv Polytechnic», Lviv, Ukraine
9S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Space Sci. & Technol. 2022, 28 ;(4):39-70
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2022.04.039
Publication Language: Ukrainian
Keywords: meteor, meteor catalogues, meteor stream, observation network, optical video observations, passive radio observations
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