Update on recent-past and near-future meteor shower outbursts on Earth and on Mars
Résumé
This work presents a brief reflection on the 2014 Camelopardalids and the Mars encounter with comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring expected in October 2014. These two events were first thought to display an exceptional amount of meteors and later works showed that it would not be the case, at least in optical wavelength. Observation biases and low activity of the comet can explain those differences, but care must be taken when announcing any future meteor shower and close co-operation with other scientists is needed to strengthen the case.