(meteorobs) re Next meteor shower and call for observation of comet 209P

Mikhail Maslov skjeller at yandex.ru
Thu Oct 4 01:51:37 EDT 2012


gSmn> First of all, just in case, I'm pretty sure a typo has crept into Mikhail Maslov's emails, and I think he means May 24th not May 21st when he mentions this shower, double checked against other
gSmn> email and his webpage.


Yes, of course, the outburst is expected on May 24, not 21. Thank you
for this as well as for your research for possible 209p meteors in the
past.

gSmn> I surmise the expected future outburst is based on proximity of the comet rather than anything else?

Not so. It is based on computaion of 209p dust trails orbital
evolution. There are many examples when seemingly favorable comet
returns was accopmained by very modest activity of their meteor
showers.

Best regards, Mikhail



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