(meteorobs) Geminids on 12/13-14/10 from the Mojave Desert

[Robin Gray]

Bob Lunsford and I were on a meteor campout in the Mojave Desert in California 
to observe the Geminids. We had one clear night, that of December 13-14, and the 
following is what I saw.

December 14, 2010, 8:02 -14:02 UT  Field Road, California Longitude 116 degrees 
33' 17"; Latitude 35 degrees 2' 4"

Meteors Observed:

UT Period   Field    Teff     F    LM    GEM   COM   HYD   MON   PUP   DLM   SPO

802-908      60S     1.0    1.0   6.57    56       1         2         2        
0        0        25

908-1015    60S     1.0     1.0  6.61    59       3         5         1        
0        1         34

1015-1121  60S      .99    1.0   6.84   44       4         2          0       
1        0         49

1121-1226   60S    1.0     1.0   6.58   39        3        2          0       
0        0         34

1226-1330   60S     1.0    1.0   6.67   36        2        2          0       0 
       0          23

1330-1402   60S     .52     1.0  5.33    3         0        0          0       0 
       0          8

Totals:                  5.51                    237      13      13         3   
    1        1         173


Total Meteors: 441


Magnitude Distribution

Shower    -5     -4     -3     -2     -1     0     1     2     3     4     5   

GEM        0      1      5    16     19    31   40   55    41   23    7        

COM        0      0      0     1       0     1      1    3      3    4     0

HYD         0      0      0     0       0     1      2    1      2    4     3

MON        0      0      0     0       0     1      2     0      0    1     0

PUP         0      0      0     0       0     0      0     0      0    1     0

DLM         0      0      0     0       0     0      1     0      0    0     0

SPO         1      2      0     3       4     9      25   35    38   20   26





Robin Gray
Winnemucca, Nevada