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(meteorobs) Re: Comet Tabur Meteors



> The radiant of a comet's meteor activity is basically
> the point where the comet's orbit intersects Earth's
> atmosphere. This intersection point is also known as
> the tangent.

??? Do you mean the radiant is the direction of the tangent? This is wrong as
the radiant is the vectorial addtion of the Earth's and comet's motion. The
radiant will always be off that tangent.

Rainer