(meteorobs) Geminid activity

[Pierre Martin]

Hi Jure,

I also think that there might be maybe a unusual structure in the 
Geminids this year.  The IMO data already shows a strong dip in rates 
at Dec 14.233 which seems to support my memory of a significant lull in 
the shower at the time (enough that I thought the Geminids were almost 
all gone including bright meteors.) .  But oddly, the rates seemed to 
recover nicely later on in the morning and the bright meteors appeared 
too.

This is only recalling from memory as I haven't decoded the data yet, 
will do so as soon as I can later today.  And then see if this can be 
confirmed.  Maybe it was just a period of very faint meteors too.

Did anyone else notice the effect over the east North America on the 
13/14th?

Clear skies!

- Pierre



On 15-Dec-04, at 6:52 AM, Jure Atanackov wrote:

> In light of (preliminary) ZHR data for this year's Geminids and 
> reports* that
> have been sent to 'meteorobs', can anyone argue that there is 
> significant
> evidence for the decline of overall Geminid activity as compared to 
> the previous
> decade?
> * - I don't think I've ever seen a report with 83 Gem/h one full night 
> before
> the peak!
> CS!Jure
>
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