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re: (meteorobs) Time of Geminid maximum
Lew,
I seem to recall one shower with an 11 kps geocentric velocity..dot since
we're moving at 30, would that qualify as what you're talking about? I
believe it's a DMS very minor shower, don't have a reference with me here.
Also from the IMO list, the 3.1415926535...-Puppids, a periodic shower in
April has a velocity of 18 kps.
(PS my brain is really hurting right now from creating the mental image of
this...dot beware the Monsters from the Id....)
Wayne
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From: Lew Gramer & Karen Simmons <lewkaren@tiacdot net>, on 12/5/96 4:07 PM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>
Yup, that maximum time range is definitely a disappointment for us Western=
Hemispheroids, especially considering Bob Lunsford's dire warning about=
next year's unfavorable lunar cycles in his latest ALPO newsletter! :(
Anyway, talk about trying to view radiants through the earth and such got
me= wondering whether there are any known streams with NEGATIVE
geocentric= velocity. In other words, meteors whose orbital velocity
projected onto the= norm of earth's orbit (mumble mumble mumblefratz) is
LESS than earth's. I= know that many sporadics could probably be described
this way, but I'm= wondering if there are any well-identified STREAMS like
this?
It'd be sort of neat to know while watching a shower that you were
actually= tracing meteors back to the earth apex instead of a radiant. And
stated= like I did above, it doesn't seem that unlikely that such streams
might exi= st.
So... anybody? :)
Lew
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