(meteorobs) March 2006 NEBULA on-line

[Bias, Peter V]

Hi George and all,
 
After reading George's NEBULA newsletter, I went to a couple other sites (Gary Kronk's site and the 2003 Icarus paper "Meteor Outbursts from Long-Period Comet Dust Trails" by Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens) to reaquaint myself with Lyrid history and projections.  Here's what I found: 
There have been at least seven small outbursts (> 20 meteors per hour) since the major shower in 1803 (1849, 1850, 1863, 1884, 1922, 1945, 1982).
Only one (1863) is believed to be associated with a 1-period dust trail.
At least three of the outbursts have been near 100 ZHR (1922, 1945, 1982).
Next prejected Lyrid shower is in 2040.
 
Regards,
 
   Pete Bias
 
 

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	Meteorobs Folks,
	
	   The March issue of NEBULA, the newsletter of the Goddard Astronomy
	Club, has a short article that mentions the Lyrids, comet Pojmanski,
	and the April 1st pleiades occultation. Go to:
	
	http://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/clubs/astronomy/
	
	And click on newsletter if interested.
	
	Clear Skies,
	GWG
	
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