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Re: (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
Your right, Rainer. I wasn't going to put the last line in, but was trying
to simplify the description as much as possible, without going into great
detail. In my rush to finish that brief intro and get back to work I
goofed! Hopefully the main point of the post still got through.
gary