(meteorobs) South Delta Aquarids - what is known?

[tom6740]

I did a observation last year, on July 26/27, HR was about 5-7.

By the way, some Chinese observers reported there was a possibly new 
shower in Cyg. on 2001, and are there some further infomations about 
it? And as IMO report in 2001, many fireballs appear in the first 
half of July...

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, "Lewis J. Gramer" <lgramer at u...> 
wrote:
> As we all get excited about the Perseids coming in another
> five to six weeks, I was wondering about another interesting
> "major" meteor shower which will be peaking first: the South
> Delta Aquarids or "SDAs", whose max. is at the end of July.
> 
> The predicted peak ZHR for the SDAs on 27-28 July is a hefty
> 20 meteors - though of course that rate will be much reduced
> for observers in more northerly observing locations, or for
> those without dark skies. And of course, dark skies will be
> hard to come by, a mere 3-4 days before Full Moon this year!
> 
> Still, I wanted to poll our readers, to find out what is
> known - and what might merely be guessed - about the SDAs.
> 
> Is anyone aware of any papers suggesting parent bodies for
> this shower? Gary Kronk's site mentions that Whipple had
> suggested it may share a parent body with the Quadrantids
> of January... Do some of the recent papers published on the
> subject of the QUAs parent, also shed any light on what
> might have spawned the SDAs?
> 
> A closely related question (and one which well actually
> depend on knowing all the orbital elements of a parent):
> has anyone attempted to create a model which would be
> capable of predicting outbursts from the SDAs?
> 
> Have any outbursts or significant enhancements been seen
> in the SDAs, from reliable observers? During which years,
> and at what times, did these past outbursts occur?
> 
> I'd be quite interested to hear from our theoreticians on
> 'meteorobs' about this often-overlooked shower - as well as
> any stories from our long-experienced observers about them!
> 
> Clear skies,
> Lew Gramer
> 
> 
> 
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