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Re: (meteorobs) Train Durations
>maybe the different entry angles that a meteor makes at different latitudes
>because of the earth's curvature could have a strong influence as well?
Good point, too, George! I guess testing this would involve finding incidence
angles and points of tangency of various showers with the Earth, and correlating
those back with various train durations as seen from different locations on the surface... Whew! Gives
me a headache just writing about it.
Lew
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