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Latest and more closely examined meteor events - Daylight bolide, May 05, 2000 - meteor shower recorded by video in the Beskids
- Bolide, November 17, 2001 - recorded by photograph accross the Ukrainian Carpathians
- Meteorite fall, April 06, 2002 - calculated meteorite fall near Neuschwanstein castle (Germany)
- Daylight bolide, January 04, 2004 - meteorite fall recorded by video in province of Palencia (Spain)
- Fireball, February 01, 2005 - acoustic fireball near Berlin (Germany)
- Fireball, October 01, 2005 - detonating fireball accross Carinthia (Austria)
- Firemeteor, December 04, 2005 - earthgrazer accross East-Germay
- Daylight fireball, May 10, 2007 - Meteorite fall in Castilla - La Mancha (Spain)
- Firemeteor, June 29, 2007 - detonating fire meteor accross Andalusia (Spain)
- Daylight bolide, July 25, 2007 - detonating bolide across Croatia
- Fireball, August 30, 2007 - calculated fall event in Slovakia
- Bolide, January 25, 2008 - large meteor accross Southern France
- Bolide, March 01, 2008 - detonating bolide accross Switzerland
- Bolide, August 02, 2008 - detonating bolide at the Isle of Tenerife (Spain)
- Firemeteor, September 22, 2008 - broken fire meteor across Scotland
- Bolide, January 17, 2009 - meteorite fall accross the Baltic Sea
Annual almanac of noticeable meteor events Meteor shower / Period / Maximum / ZHR / Comments Quadrantids / 01.01. to 05.01. / January 3 / 120 / rather slow meteors Lyrids / 16.04. to 25.04. / April 22 / 20 (variable) / fast meteors Eta-Aquarids / 19.04. to 12.05. / May 5 / 50 / very fast meteors Perseids / 17.06. to 24.08. / August 12 / 200 / fast meteors Taurids / 20.10. to 30.11. / November 08 / variable / slow meteors Leonids / 14.11. to 21.11. / November 17 / variable / very fast meteors Geminids / 07.12. to 17.12. / December 14 / 110 / slow meteors some historical works - Chladni, E.F.F. - Über Feuermeteore und über die mit den selben herabfallenden Massen - Wien (1819)
- Schmidt, J.F. Julius - Über Feuermeteore 1842-1867 - Wien (1867)
- Haidinger, M.W. v. - Licht, Wärme und Schall bei Meteoritenfällen - Wien (1868)
- Galle, J.G. - Über die Bahn des am 30. Januar 1868 beobachteten und bei Pultusk im Königreich Polen als Steinregen niedergefallenen Meteors durch die Atmosphäre - Breslau (1868)
- Niessl, G.v. - Bahnbestimmungen großer detonierender Meteore - Wien (1916)
- Wegner, Alfred - Das detonierende Meteor vom 3. April 1916 - Marburg (1917)
German-language literature - Rentel, J. - Sternschnuppen - Berlin (1991)
- Heinlein, D. - Die Feuerkugel vom 6.April 2002 und der sensationelle Meteoritenfall „Neuschwanstein“ - Augsburg (2004)
- Roht, G.D. - Handbuch für Sternfreunde - Heidelberg (1989)
- Poppe, T. - Die Feuerkugel von Braunschweig (2006)
English-language literature Additional links German-speaking discussion board concerning fireball events at the AKM e.V. (Germany) International Meteor Organisation (IMO) European Fireball Network (EFN) calculates large meteors for more than fourty years Monthly publications - Meteoros - monthly letter of the AKM (Germany)
- WGN - The Journal of IMO
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