F1 – Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust

Description

Commission F1 supports research on the interplanetary dust and meteoroid complex, and the interaction of these particles with the atmospheres or solid surfaces of planets and satellites, covering meteor observations and the laboratory analysis of meteorites and cosmic dust, all of which use a unique set of research tools to do astronomy.

The Commission is responsible for the IAU Meteor Data Center, encouraging suitable data standards, and for providing direction in shower naming and other meteor nomenclature to keep the literature transparent.

The Commission assists local researchers when notable meteor events or small asteroid impacts occur, and promotes professional-amateur collaboration in meteor and meteorite work.

The Commission organizes the triennial `Meteoroids' conference and promotes special sessions focused on meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust at other conferences.

Further aims for the 2015-18 triennium include the development of an authoritative reference book on meteorites/meteors/dust, and the creation of a bibliography on these topics covering research publications in all languages.

The Commission approved the Definitions of Terms in Meteor Astronomy.

Commission Web Page

Commission Members (163)

Under Division

Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology

Commission Working Groups

Commission F1 WG Meteor Shower Nomenclature (MSN-WG)

President

Diego Janches

Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
Space Weather Lab
Code 674
Greenbelt 20771
Maryland (MD)
United States

NCA adherence: United States

Last updated:
April 17, 2019

Vice-President

Margaret D. Campbell-Brown

University of Western Ontario
Dept Physics-Astronomy
London ON N6A 3K7
Ontario (ON)
Canada

NCA adherence: Canada

Last updated:
July 19, 2018

Advisor

Jiří Borovicka

Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Department of Interplanetary Matter
Fričova 298
251 65 Ondřejov
Czech Republic

NCA adherence: Czech Republic

Last updated:
February 6, 2019