(meteorobs) Meteor shower on Mars

Roberto G. md6648 at mclink.it
Mon Nov 21 14:50:57 EST 2005


From: <GeoZay at aol.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>; <imo-news at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor shower on Mars


>
>
> I just read the following blurp from NASA about it's Rovers on  Mars:
>
> >>Mars is currently passing through a debris trail of Halley's  comet, and
> Spirit is attempting to observe resulting meteor showers with  the
> panoramic camera at night.<<
>
> >>Does anybody know what constellation these meteors would be  coming
from?
> Perseids?<<
>
> Whoops! I meant maybe the Orionids? The Perseids come from comet
> Swift/Tuttle.
> George Zay

Sorry for the bad English.

As I wrote in the past there are the proceeding of IMC 1993 (pag 97-105)
(Puimichel, France 23-26 September 1993) with the meteor showers of Mars
(by Terentjeva), if it's real that Halley meteors cross Mars orbit in
the present days they should be the Mi Arietids (of Mars) (17-29
November).
In the same congress Asher presented its prevision for Taurids,
with the 2005 shower that enjoied many of the readers this year
with its bolids.
Best greetings.
Roberto Gorelli




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