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Global Meteor Network

Download trajectories and orbits of meteors filmed by a worldwide camera network.

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Notes. Data is CC BY 4.0; cite GMN papers for scientific use. The Python library is not stated to be official.

Newest meteors

global_meteor_network.latest_meteors

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The newest meteor trajectories filmed by the Global Meteor Network: time, shower, brightness, speed, mass and where each started and ended in the sky. Filter by shower code (e.g. ORI, STA) or brightness.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
`limit`	integer	default: 10; range: 1 to 25
`shower`	string	IAU 3-letter shower code, e.g. ORI, STA, GEM
`brighter_than_mag`	number	Only meteors with peak absolute magnitude at or below this (lower is brighter), e.g. -2

Example output

{"file":"https://globalmeteornetwork.org/data/traj_summary_data/daily/traj_summary_latest_daily.txt","note":"Newest trajectories in GMN's latest daily summary (updated every ~6 h). Magnitudes: lower is brighter.","count":3,"meteors":[{"id":"20261101102542_j6aRl","utc":"2026-11-01T10:25:42.925Z","shower":null,"peak_abs_mag":0.89,"mass_kg":0.0000118,"v_init_km_s":55.12,"v_geo_km_s":53.68,"begin":{"lat":40.7118,"lon":-75.5272,"height_km":107.1},"end":{"lat":40.7412,"lon":-75.7105,"height_km":98.8},"duration_s":0.33,"entry_elevation_deg":27.3,"stations":["US002B","US002L"]},{"id":"2026110106461...

Data license

CC BY 4.0 · Data from the Global Meteor Network (globalmeteornetwork.org), CC BY 4.0. Cite Vida et al. 2020, MNRAS 491(2) and Vida et al. 2021, MNRAS 506(4). Source

Try it

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Call it

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "global_meteor_network.latest_meteors",
    "arguments": {
      "limit": 3
    }
  }
}

curl -sS -X POST https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/global_meteor_network.latest_meteors \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"limit": 3}'

const res = await fetch("https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/global_meteor_network.latest_meteors", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({"limit": 3})
});
console.log(await res.json());

Active meteor showers

global_meteor_network.shower_counts

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Count meteors per shower in GMN's latest daily summary (about the last 24 h), with the sporadic count and the brightest meteor.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
`top`	integer	default: 10; range: 1 to 30

Example output

{"file":"https://globalmeteornetwork.org/data/traj_summary_data/daily/traj_summary_latest_daily.txt","generated":"2026-11-01 19:24:53.491169+00:00 UTC","window":{"from":"2026-10-31T19:07:22.811Z","to":"2026-11-01T10:25:42.925Z"},"total_trajectories":1233,"sporadic":903,"showers":[{"code":"STA","name":"Southern Taurids","count":85},{"code":"ORI","name":"Orionids","count":73},{"code":"DAT","name":null,"count":52},{"code":"NTA","name":"Northern Taurids","count":47},{"code":"STS","name":null,"count":12}],"brightest":{"id":"20261101043043_izbu2","utc":"2026-11-01T04:30:43.122Z","peak_abs_mag":-4...

Data license

CC BY 4.0 · Data from the Global Meteor Network (globalmeteornetwork.org), CC BY 4.0. Cite Vida et al. 2020, MNRAS 491(2) and Vida et al. 2021, MNRAS 506(4). Source

Try it

…

Call it

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "global_meteor_network.shower_counts",
    "arguments": {
      "top": 5
    }
  }
}

curl -sS -X POST https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/global_meteor_network.shower_counts \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"top": 5}'

const res = await fetch("https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/global_meteor_network.shower_counts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({"top": 5})
});
console.log(await res.json());

Meteors near a place

global_meteor_network.meteors_near

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Meteors from GMN's latest daily summary that began within a radius of a latitude/longitude, newest first.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
`lat`required	number	Latitude in decimal degreesrange: -90 to 90
`lon`required	number	Longitude in decimal degreesrange: -180 to 180
`radius_km`	number	Search radius in kmdefault: 300; range: 1 to 2000
`limit`	integer	default: 10; range: 1 to 25

Example output

{"query":{"lat":51.5,"lon":-0.1,"radius_km":400},"file":"https://globalmeteornetwork.org/data/traj_summary_data/daily/traj_summary_latest_daily.txt","note":"Distance is measured to the point where the meteor started glowing.","matches":579,"count":2,"meteors":[{"id":"20261101055046_X5GR9","utc":"2026-11-01T05:50:46.027Z","shower":{"code":"CTA","name":null},"peak_abs_mag":0.43,"mass_kg":0.0000199,"v_init_km_s":41.26,"v_geo_km_s":39.97,"begin":{"lat":52.653,"lon":-5.412,"height_km":99.8},"end":{"lat":52.655,"lon":-5.3169,"height_km":94.5},"duration_s":0.2,"entry_elevation_deg":38.9,"stations"...

Data license

CC BY 4.0 · Data from the Global Meteor Network (globalmeteornetwork.org), CC BY 4.0. Cite Vida et al. 2020, MNRAS 491(2) and Vida et al. 2021, MNRAS 506(4). Source

Try it

…

Call it

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "global_meteor_network.meteors_near",
    "arguments": {
      "lat": 51.5,
      "lon": -0.1,
      "radius_km": 400,
      "limit": 2
    }
  }
}

curl -sS -X POST https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/global_meteor_network.meteors_near \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"lat": 51.5, "lon": -0.1, "radius_km": 400, "limit": 2}'

const res = await fetch("https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/global_meteor_network.meteors_near", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({"lat": 51.5, "lon": -0.1, "radius_km": 400, "limit": 2})
});
console.log(await res.json());