(meteorobs) Meteor Phobia

[Jean-Louis.RAULT at fr.thalesgroup.com]

An interesting link http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/problem_detail.asp?SDID=5765:1682

For whom it might concern :o)

Kind regards

Jean-Louis Rault
Societe Astronomique de France

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> Envoyé : mardi 26 septembre 2006 18:46
> À : meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Objet : (meteorobs) Re: The Moon and Meteors
> 
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I am not sure exactly why the Moon should be a problem if 
> sitting close 
> to the radiant, since we rarely observe towards the radiant, 
> but rather 
> ~45deg off of it.
> The Moon can also change the orbit of the meteoroids but I 
> suspect the 
> change is not that impotant because of the relative low mass of our 
> satellite.
> 
> Jeremie
> 
> 
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