robotic systems for meteor observing and moon impact flashes detection in spain流星观测和月球影响闪光检测机器人系统在西班牙.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Astronomy Volume 2010, Article ID 167494, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2010/167494 Research Article Robotic Systems for Meteor Observing and Moon Impact Flashes Detection in Spain ´ 1 ´ 2, 3 ´ 4 ´ 4 Jose M. Madiedo, Josep M. Trigo-Rodrıguez, Jose L. Ortiz, and Nicolas Morales 1 Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas S/N, 21071 Huelva, Spain 2 Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Gran Capita 2-4, Ed. Nexus, 08034 Barcelona, Spain ` 3 Institut de Ciencies de l’Espai-CSIC, Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciencies, Torre C5-p2., 08193 Bellaterra, Spain ` ` 4 Instituto de Astrofısica de Andalucıa-CSIC, Camino Bajo de Huetor 50, 18080 Granada, Spain ´ ´ ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Jose M. Madiedo, madiedo@uhu.es Received 28 June 2009; Accepted 21 September 2009 Academic Editor: Alberto J. Castro-Tirado ´ Copyright © 2010 Jose M. Madiedo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A robotic observatory has been setup in the south-west of Spain with the aim to study meteoroids interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere and meteoroids impacting on the Moon’s surface. This is achieved by u