(meteorobs) Orionids?

Steven Kolins smkolins at mac.com
Fri Oct 16 18:13:05 EDT 2009


>
>The Orionids (ORI) are predicted to peak on Thursday morning October 22nd.
>This is a broad maximum so activity on the 21st and 23nd should also be
>good. The radiant is currently located at 06:12 (93) +15. This position lies
>in northwestern Orion one degree north of the fourth magnitude star Xi
>Orionis. The radiant rises near 2300 LDT and is best placed on the meridian
>near 0530 LDT. With maximum activity predicted for October 22, current rates
>for all locations would be near five per hour as seen after midnight. At
>66km/sec., the average Orionid is swift.

Anyone got better predictions that http://pasj.asj.or.jp/v59/n4/590401/node7.html ?

They were trying to explain the 2006 outburst and their work shows possible trails catching earth this year too. Anyone refine this?

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