Daniel Kastinen (Swedish Institute of Space Physics): Meteor and space object research at IRF

Thursday 25 May 2023, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Stockholm

101130 (Ångströmlaboratoriet)

Title: Meteor and space object research at IRF 
Speaker: Daniel Kastinen
Affiliation: Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Time: Thursday 25 May 2023, 1400 to 1500
Location: 101130Å

Abstract:

I will present the topic of meteors and space objects, some of the science questions we are working on and their motivations.  This topic deals with all objects roughly between $10^{-22}$ kg and $10^{16}$ kg that are in the near-Earth space environment (dust, meteoroids, space debris, artificial satellites, asteroids, comets) as well as their effect on Earths atmosphere (mostly in the form of meteors).  We aim to create a holistic view, all the way from instrument raw data (mostly radar observations), trough analysis pipelines and modelling, to simulations (e.g. N-body) and I will also present some examples of this from my work.