(meteorobs) NAMN Notes: July 2008

[Jan Verfl]

Hello,

> As far as I know, it is physically impossible for a radiant to show no
> motion in the sky during 1/4 of the earth's annual orbit. You would
> expect a shift in RA close to 90 degrees during that time. It 

i don't think this is correct. The motion of the radiant, as far as i
understand, is due to the orbital motion of the earth - thus, tho shift is
not in RA, but in ecliptic longitude - and because this radiant quite close
to the ecliiptic pole, the shift does not have do be sizeable.

Jan