European Meteor Monitoring and the EDMOND Database

Through extensive international collaboration, meteor activity is now monitored across nearly all of Europe. This cooperation has led to the accumulation of substantial observational data. As of the latest update, the EDMOND database (European viDeoMeteOr Network Database) encompasses 8,938,668 individual meteor records collected between 2000 and 2024. Among these, 967,702 multi-station detections have been used to compute initial "Q0" orbits. The most recent release, version 6.01 (May 2025), includes 628,271 refined orbits derived from observations between 2001 and 2024.

The database contains data from the following national and international networks (in alphabetical order): BOAM (Base des Observateurs Amateurs de Metéores, France, 2010-2020, UFOCapture); BosNet (Bosnian Network, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012-2014, UFOCapture); BRAMON (BRAzilian MeteOr Network, Brazil, 2014-2017, UFOCapture); CEMeNt (Central European Meteor Network, Czechia and Slovakia, 2009-TP, UFOCapture); CMN (Croatian Meteor Network or Hrvatska Meteorska Mreza, Croatia, 2007-2011, own software); CSMON (Czech and Slovak Meteor Observation Network, Czechia and Slovakia, 2019-TP, RMS); FMA (Fachgruppe Meteorastronomie, Switzerland, 2014-TP, UFOCapture); HMN (Hungary Meteor Network or Magyar Hullócsillagok Egyesulet, Hungary, 2009-TP, MetRec and UFOCapture); IMO VMN (IMO Video Meteor Network, worldwide, 2000-2019, MetRec); ITMN (Italian Meteor and TLE Network, Italy, 2007-2017, UFOCapture); MeteorsUA (Група відеоспостереження метеорів, Ukraine, 2013-TP, UFOCapture); NEMETODE (Network for Meteor Triangulation and Orbit Determination, Great Britain, 2010-2020, UFOCapture); PFN (Polish Fireball Network Pracownia Komet i Meteorów, Poland, 2011-2013, UFOCapture); Stjerneskud (Denmark, 2012-2016, own software); SVMN (Slovak Video Meteor Network, Slovakia, 2007-2016, UFOCapture); UKMON (UK Meteor Observation Network, Great Britain, 2012-2022, UFOCapture) and independent observers.

Orbit calculations within EDMOND are performed using UFOOrbit v2.63, a tool compatible with data in the UFO format. Data obtained via MetRec software require conversion to this format using SonotaCo's INF2MCSV utility. In UFOOrbit v2.63, meteor pairs observed within a time interval of less than 5 seconds are flagged as Q0 orbits, provided they meet specific criteria outlined in the UFOOrbit Manual (Kornoš et al. 2013):

Name and designation of the criterion Unit Q0 Limitation EDMOND Limitation
minimal meteor duration s dur ≥ 0.06 0.10
minimal initial speed km/s v₀ > 5 5
minimal overlap of sightings % Gm > -100 -100
minimal observed trajectory angle deg Q₀ > - 1.0
minimal convergence angle deg Qc > - 5.0
maximal pole-pole distance deg dGP < - 1.5
maximal velocity difference km/s dV < 20 7
maximal beginning height km H₁ < 180 180
minimal beginning height km H₁ > 60 60
maximal terminal height km H₂ < 150 150
minimal empirical quality parameter [0–1] - QA > 0.05 0.15

Some criteria have been changed compared to the previous version (EDMOND v5.05) based on a detailed analysis of the database. The biggest change is the application of some criteria already when creating the so-called "Q0" orbits. The aim was to eliminate non-existent orbits already at this stage compared to previous versions of the database.

YEAR Q0 ORBITS METEORS Q0 ORBITS ORBITS EDMOND METEORS EDMOND ORBITS STAT/ORB EDM/Q0 (%)
2000 4,290 0 3,280 0 - -
2001 25,470 354 19,934 248 2.097 70.06
2002 20,604 97 15,643 75 2.000 77.32
2003 31,555 176 23,554 121 2.083 68.75
2004 23,090 46 17,601 36 2.111 78.26
2005 36,215 114 27,717 81 2.000 71.05
2006 63,814 954 49,454 510 2.027 53.46
2007 92,338 3,652 73,518 2,315 2.089 63.39
2008 163,810 7,821 135,338 5,344 2.210 68.33
2009 230,196 13,076 191,331 7,911 2.223 60.50
2010 361,335 29,421 302,367 19,049 2.434 64.75
2011 539,021 55,146 431,038 36,110 2.461 65.48
2012 425,783 52,207 337,053 33,872 2.496 64.88
2013 507,321 62,066 401,272 41,270 2.535 66.49
2014 593,851 72,182 467,176 46,563 2.401 64.51
2015 804,846 101,469 631,781 66,396 2.565 65.43
2016 884,910 111,872 687,039 72,009 2.570 64.37
2017 751,031 94,988 579,854 59,055 2.594 62.17
2018 717,886 93,310 558,483 60,020 2.622 64.32
2019 878,793 94,537 697,040 61,235 2.475 64.77
2020 553,514 58,697 426,196 39,710 2.500 67.65
2021 278,521 29,127 217,037 18,129 2.479 62.24
2022 385,873 30,155 300,445 19,708 2.432 65.36
2023 425,224 35,545 356,674 24,991 2.682 70.31
2024 139,377 20,690 112,826 13,513 2.928 65.31
TOTAL 8,938,668 967,702 7,063,651 628,271 2.529 64.92

The EDMOND v6.01 database (Kornoš et al. 2014a,b) contains orbital elements and geophysical data for 628,271 orbits from 2001 to 2024 (last update 31 December 2024). The database is available in CSV format below.

Recent EDMOND Database (v6.01) to Download

YEAR 2D Ground Map (Europe) 2D Ground Map (Ukraine) 2D Ground Map (Portugal) 2D Ground Map (Brazil) Database CSV File
2001 2001 Ground Map U2_2001_EDM.zip
2002 2002 Ground Map U2_2002_EDM.zip
2003 2003 Ground Map U2_2003_EDM.zip
2004 2004 Ground Map U2_2004_EDM.zip
2005 2005 Ground Map U2_2005_EDM.zip
2006 2006 Ground Map U2_2006_EDM.zip
2007 2007 Ground Map U2_2007_EDM.zip
2008 2008 Ground Map U2_2008_EDM.zip
2009 2009 Ground Map U2_2009_EDM.zip
2010 2010 Ground Map U2_2010_EDM.zip
2011 2011 Ground Map 2011 Portugal Ground Map U2_2011_EDM.zip
2012 2012 Ground Map 2012 Portugal Ground Map U2_2012_EDM.zip
2013 2013 Ground Map 2013 Ukraine Ground Map 2013 Portugal Ground Map U2_2013_EDM.zip
2014 2014 Ground Map 2014 Ukraine Ground Map 2014 Portugal Ground Map 2014 Brazil Ground Map U2_2014_EDM.zip
2015 2015 Ground Map 2015 Ukraine Ground Map 2015 Portugal Ground Map 2015 Brazil Ground Map U2_2015_EDM.zip
2016 2016 Ground Map 2016 Ukraine Ground Map 2016 Portugal Ground Map 2016 Brazil Ground Map U2_2016_EDM.zip
2017 2017 Ground Map 2017 Ukraine Ground Map 2017 Portugal Ground Map 2017 Brazil Ground Map U2_2017_EDM.zip
2018 2018 Ground Map 2018 Ukraine Ground Map 2018 Portugal Ground Map U2_2018_EDM.zip
2019 2019 Ground Map 2019 Ukraine Ground Map 2019 Portugal Ground Map U2_2019_EDM.zip
2020 2020 Ground Map 2020 Ukraine Ground Map U2_2020_EDM.zip
2021 2021 Ground Map 2021 Ukraine Ground Map U2_2021_EDM.zip
2022 2022 Ground Map 2022 Ukraine Ground Map U2_2022_EDM.zip
2023 2023 Ground Map 2023 Ukraine Ground Map U2_2023_EDM.zip
2024 2024 Ground Map 2024 Ukraine Ground Map U2_2024_EDM.zip

Citations and References

EDMOND database can be downloaded and used freely. For the publishing of results using these data sets, please refer to the articles below:

Kornoš L., Koukal J., Piffl R., and Tóth J. (2013). Database of meteoroid orbits from several European video networks. Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, La Palma, Sep. 20-23, 2012, eds. Gyssens M., Roggemans P., International Meteor Organization, p. 21-25.

Kornoš L., Koukal J., Piffl R., and Tóth J. (2014a). EDMOND Meteor Database. Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Poznań, Poland, Aug. 22-25, 2013, eds. Gyssens M., Roggemans P., International Meteor Organization, p. 23-25.

Kornoš L., Matlovič P., Rudawska R., Tóth J., Hajduková M. Jr., Koukal J., and Piffl R. (2014b). Confirmation and characterization of IAU temporary meteor showers in EDMOND database. Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2013 Conference, Aug. 26-30, 2013, A.M. University, Poznań, Poland, eds. Jopek T.J., Rietmeijer F.J.M., Watanabe J., Williams I.P., p. 225-233.

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