(meteorobs) Beta Cignids of November

Roberto G. md6648 at mclink.it
Sun Oct 26 17:42:52 EDT 2008


In the next days (1-8 November) with the classical Taurids there
can to be too an other meteor shower, the Beta Cignids of November,
a meteor shower origined by the comet 103P/Hartley 2 and that
that to must to be confirmed 

http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/betacyg.htm

We need to know all parameters of this shower, you must remember
that the real data are different, in many cases many different. from
the teorical data. The last perielium of the comet occured the 17.97 
May 2004, the comet period it's 6.41 yeats.

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=103P%2FHartley+2&orb=1

then the next should be around the 15 October 2010 and the Earth 
shall arrive in the same point only 19 days after. Then there is the 
real possibility of a beautiful meteor rain because usually a
greatest number of meteoroids follow the comet of some days.
This comet should be in October 2010 of 4.5a and to pass at 20
milions of Km from the Earth.
It's very important take in 2008 and 2009 the greatest number
of data possible on this meteor shower and in particular on the real
radiant.
Best greetings and clear sky.
Roberto Gorelli




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