The UWO 

Meteor Physics Group

Undergraduate, Graduate and Post Doctoral Positions

2004-2005

Examples of Possible Projects

Offered by Dr. Paul Wiegert:

• Dynamical studies of resonant asteroid motion in the solar system

• Optical searches for asteroids with orbits interior to the Earth's orbit

• Theoretical studies of density wave propagation in protoplanetary disks

• Spectroscopic/imaging studies of extinct comet nuclei

• Dynamical studies of  meteoroid streams and their links to their parent bodies

For more information, contact Paul Wiegert

Offered by Dr. Peter Brown:

• Radar observations of meteor showers

• Infrasonic observations of bright fireballs

• Optical measurements of faint meteors

• Simultaneous optical and radar measurements

• Rotation studies of Near Earth Asteroids

For more information, contact  Peter Brown

Offered by Dr. Margaret Campbell-Brown:

• Automated electro-optical observations of meteors

• Ablation modeling

• Radar observations of sporadic meteors

• Radar and optical measurements of initial trail radii

• Meteor shower flux profiles 

For more information, contact  Margaret Campbell-Brown

Last updated: 04/03/2005

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