(meteorobs) Splitting Perseids?
Marco Langbroek
marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl
Wed Sep 1 09:59:32 EDT 2004
> I've recieved a report about a 'splitting' Perseid: a -3m Perseid that
> reportedly broke up into two pieces in mid-flight. And this is not the first
> report of a fast meteor breaking up, I think I've also seen some reports of
> Leonid meteors breaking up in similar fashion. Has anyone from the list ever
> seen a fast meteor shower member break up in this way?
>
> I've seen a Perseid do this in either 1990 or 1991 (probably 1991).
- Marco
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Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
Leiden, the Netherlands
52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)
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