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Re: (meteorobs) C/1996 Q1 (Tabur) & meteors
In a message dated 96-09-20 13:44:09 EDT, you write:
<< Normally I would have told Enrico that meteor activity from a comet in a
long-period orbit would probably be unlikely since the closest distance to
Earth's orbit is 0.11 AU. However, in lieu of the fact that it now seems
certain that comet Tabur was once a part of comet Liller of 1988, there is
most likely a debris cloud extending between the two comets, and possibly
even passed the two comets. I think it would be interesting to monitor the
region on October 24. In fact it might also be interesting if some of the
regular plotters would recheck their records over the past 8 years to see
if any activity was present from this region.
Gary
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Gary,
I just check my plots for around this period in previous years. I didn't do
any plots on the night of Oct 23/24, or 24/25 but have on various nights
around it. To sum it all up, I didn't notice anything suspicious from the
Camelopardalis area. If it will help, the nights that I did plot were on:
1994...Oct 17/18, 18/19, 19/20, 20/21,
1995...Oct 17/18, 18/19, 21/22, 25/26, 27/28
Have observed on other nights near Oct 24th in other years but wasn't
plotting...just "Counting" Orionids.
George Z.