Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Astronomy, no. 71, p. 40-44 (2025)
CALCULATION OF KINEMATIC PARAMETERS OF METEORS BASING ON AN EXAMPLE OF THE KYIV VIDEO ARCHIVE OF PERSEIDS SHOWER: TRAJECTORY PARAMETERS IN ATMOSPHERE
Pavlo KOZAK, PhD (Phys. & Math.), Senior Researcher
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olexander ROZHILO, Leading Engineer
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Yuriy TARANUKHA, PhD (Phys. & Math.), Researcher
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Abstract
Background. At present almost all observations of meteors are carried out in automated mode, which serves, from one hand, quick accumulation of observational material as databases. On the other hand, the automation of observations means complete automation of processing the observational results. The main imperfection of the automation of mathematically difficult process of video images treatment and meteor trajectory parameters calculation is the absence of a qualified control, which is very important for investigations of anomalous meteors. Thus, development and using methods which will allow to obtain the authentic and reliable data is an important stage in meteor investigations.
Methods. Determination of errors of calculation each kinematic parameter of each individual meteor is impossible from the position of classic approaches due to bulking of mathematic formulas and large amount of parameters to be calculated. In this work it is described and used in practice about processing of meteor from Perseids shower the method of statistical trials, or Monte-Carlo method.
Results. Monte-Carlo method which is based on using elements of theory of probability and mathematical statistics was used for processing of 11 meteors of Perseids shower, obtained during one night in 2010 at observational stations of the astronomical observatory of the university. The analysis of obtained results is carried out, in part the analysis of confidence interval of meteor parameters to be computed.
Conclusions. The presented method of meteor TV observations processing maybe supposed to be a modern approach for automatic processing of meteor video observations, in spite of at the moment it has some limitation what is explained in the work.
Key words
Meteor, meteor double-station observations, video-observations, observational devices, statistical methods of data processing, automation of observation process.
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