(meteorobs) Possible new meteor shower in the next days!

Thomas Dorman drygulch_99 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 15 17:01:12 EDT 2010


Roberto
Where in the sky should we look for active from this possible new shower?
Thomas

--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Roberto G. <md6648 at mclink.it> wrote:

> From: Roberto G. <md6648 at mclink.it>
> Subject: (meteorobs) Possible new meteor shower in the next days!
> To: "Meteorobs" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:14 PM
> The newly discovered comet P/2009
> WX51 CATALINA, 
> discovered as asteroid and saw as comet by Wise
> 
> http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10GA5.html
> 
> has a Moid of 1.423.157 km, the orbit it's reliable,
> observational arc of 132 days, then it's possible that it
> do origin
> at a new meteor shower, too if the comet it's very little
> (nucleus of 
> 400 m of diameter?), the node it's around 21-22 April and
> the
> comet was on it around only 41-42 days before! The speed of
> the 
> meteors of this shower should be low-medium, the Moon it's
> new
> the 14 April, then pay attention at a new radiant seeng the
> Lyrids!
> Best greetings.
> Roberto Gorelli
> 
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