(meteorobs) Leonids 2009-2010 prediction

Mikhail Maslov ast3 at ngs.ru
Tue Oct 20 10:11:00 EDT 2009


Leonid predictions for 2009 and 2010 (overview) is available here:
http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Predictions/predicteng.html.
In short - strong peak of activity is expected from 1466 and 1533
trails around 21:35 UT 17 November, ZHR ~170-180 (with background).

Also, three minor peaks are possible:
- from 1767 trail at 13:30 UT 16 November. ZHR (with background)
~15-20, weak meteors.

-from 1567 trail at 6:20 UT 17 November, ZHR ~25-30 (with background,
maximum time is nominal, really a plato with ZHR of 25-30 is expected
starting from ~6UT 17 November till main peak).

-from 1201 trail (with background, low reliability) at 19:24 UT 18
November, ZHR ~20-25 meteors.

Best regards,
Mikhail Maslov




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