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R package vismeteor

About The Project

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.

Installation

Install the released version from CRAN:

install.packages("vismeteor")

Getting Started

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

Contributing

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

License

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

Contact

Janko Richter - janko@richtej.de

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

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install.packages('vismeteor')

Monthly Downloads

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Version

2.0.1

License

MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

Janko Richter

Last Published

September 19th, 2025

Functions in vismeteor (2.0.1)

PER_2015_magn

Visual magnitude observations of Perseids from 2015
mideal

Ideal Distribution of Meteor Magnitudes
load_vmdb

Loading visual meteor observations from the data base
vmgeom

Geometric Model of Visual Meteor Magnitudes
freq.quantile

Quantiles with a minimum frequency
vmideal

Ideal Distribution of Visual Meteor Magnitudes
vismeteor-package

vismeteor: Analysis of Visual Meteor Data
vmperception

Perception Probabilities of Visual Meteor Magnitudes
vmtable

Rounds a contingency table of meteor magnitude frequencies
vmgeomVst

Variance-Stabilizing Transformation for Geometric Visual Meteor Magnitudes
vmidealVst

Variance-stabilizing Transformation for the Ideal Distribution of Visual Meteor Magnitudes
PER_2015_rates

Visual rate observations of Perseids from 2015