(meteorobs) Re: 2004 June Bootids

[Robert McNaught]

On Mon, 31 May 2004, Robert McNaught wrote:

> Please also acknowledge the novelties that David and I introduced
> in the study of Leonid storms
> 
> 1) A geometrical correction to the time of maximum allowing observation
>    and theory to be matched to better than 10 minutes.
> 
> 2) Detailed comparison of historical data with theory, showing no
>    false positives or negatives.  (This doesn't mean everything was
>    correct, just that we found no contradictions).

D'Oh!  I missed out another important one

3) Mean anomaly factor giving the amount a trail has stretched (or
   compressed) under purely gravitational forces.