(meteorobs) "The 2007 September 1 Aurigid Meteor Storm"!?

Marco Langbroek marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl
Sat Aug 12 06:11:30 EDT 2006



Daniel Fischer wrote:
> On August 18 from 16:00 to 16:05 Peter Jenniskens will make an announcement at the
> General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague about an
> "Aurigid Meteor Storm, 1 September 2007" (in an earlier Version of the website -
> http://www.astronomy2006.com/special-sessions-hot-topics.php - it actually said
> "The 2007 September 1 Aurigid Meteor Storm", as if it were an absolute fact).
> Has anyone heard about such a prediction? If you google for "Aurigid Meteor Storm"
> you get exactly one hit: the website mentioned above ...
> 
> Daniel

Hi Daniel,

You can find it here:

* Lyytinen E., Jenniskens P.: Meteor outbursts from long-period comet dust 
trails. Icarus, Volume 162 (2003), Issue 2, p. 443-452

* Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets, by Peter Jenniskens, pp. . ISBN 
0521853494. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

- Marco

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