American Meteor Society
Mike Morrow
Mike Morrow came into this world on August 24, 1937 in Philadelphia. Pa. When he was still a young boy…
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American Meteor Society’s Founder
By Richard Taibi, AMS Staff Advisor on History Copyright 2007 Richard Taibi McCormick Observatory astronomers spread throughout the nighttime Virginia…
Fireball FAQs
What is a fireball? What is the difference between a fireball and a bolide? How frequently do fireballs occur? Can…
Observer Profiles
Richard Taibi My interest in space and astronomy was awakened by Sputnik’s launch in 1957. I was 11 then and…
Meteor FAQs
What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, and a meteoroid? How high up do meteors occur? How big…
Glossary
Absolute magnitude (H10 and H0) This is the brightness a comet would exhibit if placed 1 AU from both the…
History
The American Meteor Society was founded in 1911 by the late Dr. Charles P. Olivier, as an offshoot from the…
Programs
On any given night, in British Columbia, an observer will monitor his homemade meteor spectrograph, hoping to catch another rare…