(meteorobs) Nice variety of Fireballs occured.
meteoreye at comcast.net
meteoreye at comcast.net
Sat Oct 6 18:12:43 EDT 2007
Thanx, Ed. I didn't know that the AMS had a reference for their definition.
It's still a bit imprecise, but would suggest -4 or -5 as a cutoff.
Appreciate you help.
Wayne
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca>
>
> 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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