This R package provides tools for the analysis of visual meteor observations from the Visual Meteor Database (VMDB) of the International Meteor Organization.

The data used in this package are provided by imo-vmdb. But it is also possible to perform analyses without using this data.

Install the released version from CRAN:

install.packages("vismeteor")

Explore the vignettes for full workflows and methodology:

• vignette("vismeteor") – package overview and concepts
• vignette("vmgeom") – parameter estimation for the geometric model
• vignette("vmideal") – parameter estimation for the ideal distribution

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Janko Richter - janko@richtej.de

Project Link: https://github.com/jankorichter/vismeteor