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Title:
TV Observation of the Leonid Meteor Shower in 2002: First Observation of a Faint Meteor Storm
Authors:
Fujiwara, Yasunori; Ueda, Masayoshi; Kawasaki, Yasuhiro; Nakamura, Takuji
Affiliation:
AA(Nippon Meteor Society), AB(Nippon Meteor Society), AC(Nippon Meteor Society), AD(Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University)
Publication:
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.55, No.6, pp. 1157-1162 (PASJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
12/2003
Origin:
PASJ
Keywords:
comets: individual (comet 55p/Tempel-Tuttle) -- interplanetary medium -- meteors -- solar system
Bibliographic Code:
2003PASJ...55.1157F

Abstract

TV observations of the Leonid meteor shower were carried out between 18h (UT) and 20.h5 (UT) on 2002 November17. In total, 412 Leonid meteors were observed along with 303 non-Leonid meteors. Enhanced activity of faint (mag < +10) Leonid meteors was observed between 19.h5 (UT) and 20.h5 (UT), with a peak influx of 1.8 × 10-4 km-2 s-1. The activity of this peak was rich in faint meteors, without visible meteors, which was different from the storm observed in 2001 over Japan. Comparisons between the observed peak and several theoretical predictions are discussed.
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