FW: RE: (meteorobs) Zodiacal Lights and peaks of Meteor showers?

[Richard Taibi]

>From: "Richard Taibi" <rjtaibi at hotmail.com>
>To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
>Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Zodiacal Lights and peaks of Meteor showers?
>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:57:01 -0500
>
>Thomas,
>
>There is no causal connection between meteor showers and the zodiacal 
>light.  Meteors come from cometary debris trails that intersect the earth's 
>orbit, with us at the intersection point.  Meteors are the light trails 
>that result when the debris burns in the earth's atmosphere. The zodiacal 
>light is composed of dust that orbits the sun and shines by reflected 
>sunlight.
>
>Your question has a historical precedent.  When the 1833 Leonid storm 
>occurred, the zodiacal light was also prominent.  Searching for a cause for 
>the meteor storm, Denison Olmsted the chronicler of the 1833 show, kept 
>records of whether the lights were present, or not, at succeeding Leonid 
>returns.  As a result of his research, he came to believe that the Leonids 
>were associated with the zodiacal light.  His observations suggested that 
>the earth drew nearer the light at the time of the shower.  Understand this 
>was in the 1830s and 40s.  It was not until the middle 1860s that Giovanni 
>Schiaparelli made the causal connection between comets' debris and meteors.
>
>Best wishes,  Rich
>
>>From: Thomas Dorman <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>>To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
>>Subject: (meteorobs) Zodiacal Lights  and peaks of Meteor showers?
>>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:27:40 -0800 (PST)
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>>Hi.All
>>Out here in far west Texas on Sunday morning we had an
>>unusual bright display of Zodiacal lights.I live in a
>>moderately light polluted area and the Zodiacal lights
>>were so bright on Sunday morning November 19 that they
>>punched through the light dome in my area.This display
>>of bright Zodiacal lights was also observed by members
>>of the El Paso Astronomy club about 50 miles to my
>>east at our club's dark sky site at Williams ranch.The
>>El Paso Astronomy Club's dark sky site is one the best
>>dark sky sites in the U.S..My questions are is there a
>>correlation between the brightening of the Zodiacal
>>lights and the peak of a major meteor shower? Zodiacal
>>lights on the morning November 19 also had a
>>pronounced green hue.Is this green hue a common
>>observed effect with the Zodiacal lights?I can't
>>remember ever seeing a green color with the Zodiacal
>>lights.Hope this is not to off topic.
>>Regards
>>Thomas Dorman
>>Horizon City,Texas
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