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Re: (meteorobs) Fireball Rates
-- [ From: Robert Lunsford * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --
> It is said in the Meteor Observers Handbook about Fireball rates that
they have
> preferred periods where most are seen....Namely around the Vernal
Equinox and
> in the early evening for the Northern Hemisphere. I was wondering if
this is
> in reference to sporadics only...or is this a broad statement that
includes the
> various major meteor showers such as the Perseids, Quadrantids,
Leonids and the
> Geminids that don't occur near the Vernal Equinox? Or does this refer
to only
> the meteorite dropping fireballs that are sporadics and asteroidal? It
mentions
> that Rendtel and Knofel proved that the rates for visual and
photographic
> fireballs are about three times the rates seen around the autumnal
> equionox....again, is this in reference to the slow moving asteroidal
sporadic
> fireballs, or does this include the faster shower related cometary
fireballs?
George,
I believe this refers to sporadic and minor shower fireball activity and
not to any of the major showers. A good deal of this activity could be
from the anti-solar ecliptical showers such as the Virginids and
Sagittarids.
Bob