(meteorobs) NAMN Notes: July 2008

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Interesting thought Jan. I'll ponder it for a bit and do some more research.
Thanx
Wayne

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From: "Jan Verfl" <verfl.meteors at seznam.cz> 

> 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 
> 
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