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(Redirected from Journal of the International Meteor Organization) Formally founded in 1988
International Meteor Organization
AbbreviationIMO
Formation1 May 1988 (1988-05)
TypeNon-profit
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersMechelen, Belgium
Region served 42 Countries
Official language English
Websitewww.imo.net

The International Meteor Organization (IMO) was formally founded in 1988 from predecessor gatherings over many years. IMO has several hundred members and was created in response to an ever-growing need for international cooperation on amateur and professional meteor work. The collection of meteor observations by several methods from all around the world ensures the comprehensive study of meteor showers and their relation to comets and interplanetary dust.

IMO publishes a bimonthly journal called WGN and holds an annual International Meteor Conference (IMC) in September.

See also

Notes

  1. WGN = "werkgroepnieuws" (Dutch language), in English as "workgroup news". WGN was initially a circular before it became a journal.

References

  1. IMO website.

External links

Meteor showers
By name
By peak date
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  • See also
    List of meteor showers
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