Re: (meteorobs) meteor shower

To: meteorobs@latradedot com
To: meteorobs@latradedot com
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) meteor shower
From: LUNRO.IMO.USA@prodigydot com (MR ROBERT D LUNSFORD)
From: QLAC65A@prodigydot com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:18:10, -0500
Date: 24 Nov 96
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-- [ From: Robert Lunsford * EMC.Ver #2.5.1 ] --

Brian,  You Wrote:

The Leonids meteor shower peaked at 0700 UT on Nov. 17/18.  This is 
when the earth enters the main debris of comit Tempel-Tuttle. How wide
or  the diamiter is the debris field? As the the earth rotates, lets say
that  Europe enters this debris field first. Would Europe have a greater
meteor  count than lets say the us? Or does it depend on where the
greater  concentration is in the field.

Actually the Leonids peaked over western Europe this year around 0400 UT
. This is the time the earth encountered the densest portion of the
debris field. This portion of the debris field is in the order of 200,
000 kilometers wide meaning the earth would take approximately 2 hours
to traverse this field. 

It does not depend on who enters the field first, rather it depends on
the concentration of material seen over ones location.

Bob Lunsford