(meteorobs) Meteor Count

[Kim Youmans]

>At the end of the year, from the various observers - AMS,
>IMO, NAMN and others-   how are the number of observations corrected to
>indicate the actual quantity of meteors to enter the atmosphere for a
>given year.

    Jan is right.  If someone were to use a given year's data to attempt 
such a calculation,
it would be an extrapolation, not some quantity derived from and based 
solely on
combined observers' reports.
    I doubt that researchers rely too much on visually observed rates to 
project
yearly meteor rates for the planet when radar and radio observations are 
much more
effective for that purpose.

K. Youmans


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drobnock" <drobnock at penn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 7:30 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Count


> Reviewing the various observers meteor counts, the question that came to
> mind is this: At the end of the year, from the various observers - AMS,
> IMO, NAMN and others-   how are the number of observations corrected to
> indicate the actual quantity of meteors to enter the atmosphere for a
> given year. It is apparent that some of the observers are in adjacent
> states or countries. The observers will observe and count the same
> meteor. And in doing so, the observers reports would indicate a multiple
> count. Are the final offical text book counts an average?
>
> George John Drobnock
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