(meteorobs) Nice variety of Fireballs occured.

Ed Majden epmajden at shaw.ca
Sat Oct 6 18:05:40 EDT 2007


On 6-Oct-07, at 1:58 PM, meteoreye at comcast.net wrote:

> I know about them, and I know what they are. I'm looking for an 
> "official" IAU definition.
>
> Wikipedia says -5, but with no supporting reference, that means 
> nothing.
>
> Wayne
>
> 	See:  http://www.amsmeteors.org/define.html   These are derived from 
> IAU definitions 1961  The IMO definitions originate from published 
> professional papers etc.  I understand that updated formal definitions 
> are being worked on by the IAU Meteor Commission 22.

    Ed Majden



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