(meteorobs) Biela's comet
Kim Hay
kimhay at kingston.net
Sun Aug 15 22:11:39 EDT 2004
On 16 Aug 2004 at 1:09, H.Luethen wrote:
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Biela's comet
Hi Hartwig,
Thanks for the note on the Beila's. It will be nice to know in a
century or so, future generations of meteor observers might think
they found a new meteor shower.
> >The November meteors (Andromedes or Bielids)
> move in its orbit, and may be fragments of the comet<
> >So, has anyone seen these, in the years past??<
>
> Bielaids have produced a number of storms in the 19th century.
> The earth has moved out of the orbital plane of the meteoroids,
> missing all the trails. Unfortunately trail computations suggest that
> this won't change in the coming century or so.
>
> Hartwig
>
Kim
Starlight Cascade Observatory
44.3775N 76.7633W 144m
http://www.members.kingston.net/~kimhay
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