(meteorobs) Variations in Visual Leonid Rates

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Variations in Visual Leonid Rates
• From: Stop Light Pollution! <GLIBA@grovx3.gsfc.nasadot gov>
• Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:48:15 -0500 (EST)
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  Looking at the variations in reported rates among experianced observers in
the eastern USA for the morning of Nov. 16/17 brings to mind a coversation I
had with John Bortle at a Stellafane convention several years ago. The subject
of variations among experianced observers in the same time zone at the same
time for the Leonids was discussed. The point we agreed on was that there was
something more than fatigue or perception at work, and that this effect might
have an objective cause. I believe that it was he who had suggested a possible
explanation, that this was due to a micro-filamentary structure, or clumps in
the filamentary sheets of the Leonid stream. Does anyone agree, or disagree?

GWG

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