(meteorobs) Comet P/2006 T1 (LEVY)

Marco Langbroek marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl
Wed Oct 25 05:22:27 EDT 2006



Skywayinc at aol.com wrote:

> Okay . . . so far we have discussed the prospects of observing a meteor 
> shower from Comet P/2006 T1 (Levy), but no one has noted where the radiant might 
> possibly be.  My own tentative location would be in the constellation of Gemini 
> at RA 6h 45m, Dec. +23-degrees.  This is roughly 4-degrees to the south of the 
> third magnitude star, Epsilon Geminorum

Joe, you must have made a mistake. The theoretic radiant (based on orbital 
elements from MPEC 2006-U32, 20 Oct) is at RA 328.5 (21h54m), dec. +56.6, which 
is in Cepheus. Very slow meteors, Vgeo 13.9 km/s.

- Marco


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