EU-ESA Workshop on Meteor Observations for Planetary Defence

Session

Welcome, workshop objectives and practical information

3 Nov 2026, 09:00

Petralia Sottana, Sicily

31. Welcome - Workshop objective and practical information

Francisco Ocaña (ESA ESAC), Juan L. Cano (ESA ESOC), Maxime Devogele (ESA NEOCC), Richard Moissl (ESA ESOC), Thea Dethlefsen (European Comission)

03/11/2026, 09:00

12. ESA’s PDO activities related to meteor/fireball observations

Francisco Ocaña (ESA ESAC)

03/11/2026, 09:15

Activities of ESA’s Planetary Defence Office (PDO) encompass the study of meteoroids, the smaller end of the near-Earth object size distribution. In consequence, our three main pillars are therefore related to fireball observations.

On one hand, the observational pillar deals with imminent impactors, objects at the edge between meteoroids and asteroids which are observable from space right...