Earthquakes, Solar Activity, and Bright Meteors.

Autor: Cataldi, Daniele, Cataldi, Gabriele, Straser, Valentino
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Zdroj: New Concepts in Global Tectonics Journal; Mar2024, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p85-94, 10p
Abstrakt: In recent decades, the observation of the sky has experienced an exponential growth in amateur astronomical observatories, primarily based on high-sensitivity CCTV cameras capable of capturing the night sky, thereby highlighting the transit of meteors. Within this context, there are actual international networks of observatories capable of providing data on the detection of these luminous appearances. In Italy, one of the most active stations is the LTPA Observer Project, established in 2007, which is equipped to monitor the night sky daily and provide key data on astronomical recordings associated with the passage of meteoric bodies in orbit around the Sun, attracted by Earth's gravitational force. In this realm, the study of these events has led to the emergence of a new investigative technique associated with seismic prediction. The LTPA Observer Project and the Radio Emissions Project, two Italian scientific initiatives for studying visible atmospheric luminous phenomena and seismic precursors, have highlighted the need to understand if sometimes the observation of large fireballs can be associated with the occurrence of strong earthquakes, albeit in a temporal context. This study explores precisely this possibility, namely whether the appearance of large fireballs can be considered a new, previously unknown seismic precursor, and whether this meteoric activity could be linked to solar activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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