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(meteorobs) Meteor stream activity 5 (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 18:20:36 +0100
From: Casper ter Kuile <pegasoft@cc.ruudot nl>
To: Dutch Meteor Society: ;
Subject: Meteor stream activity 5
>AN: YJ223-0040See Contents-Page
>RT: Bibliographic-Record
>PT: Journal
>TI: Meteor stream activity .5. The Quadrantids, a very young stream
>AU: Jenniskens-P; Betlem-H; deLignie-M; Langbroek-M; vanVliet-M
>RP: Jenniskens, P; AMES RES CTR, MAIL STOP 239-4; MOFFETT FIELD; CA 94035;
>USA
>IN: DUTCH METEOR SOC, NL-2318 NB LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS
>SO: ASTRONOMY-AND-ASTROPHYSICS. NOV 1997; 327 (3) : 1242-1252
>DT: Article
>PY: 1997
>IS: 0004-6361
>LA: English
>AB: This paper presents the first large set of precisely reduced orbits of
>Quadrantid meteoroids. These orbits were ob-l rained from photographic
>observations during the 1995 return of the Quadrantid stream. The orbits
>refer to the main peak of the activity curve, with an unidentified few
>being part of a broad background component. The measured dispersion of
>orbits is less than from previous data obtained by less accurate
>techniques.-In combination with existing stream models, we conclude that
>the main component is only about 500 years young, much less than the
>5000-7500 year age that was widely assumed before. This main peak is now
>interpreted as an ''outburst'', with an evolution history similar to other
>near-comet type outbursts, while the background is thought to be the
>classical ''annual'' dust component. The stream does not originate from
>comet 96P/Machholz !. Rather? the parent object may be hiding as an
>asteroid-like object in a high-inclination orbit. An estimate of that orbit
>is given.
>AI: Yes
>JS: SPACE-SCIENCE
>KA: comets-; meteors,-meteoroids
>KP: DUST-TRAILS; ORBITS-; COMETS-
>CC: Physical-Chemical-and-Earth-Sciences
>RF: 68
>GA: YJ223
>UD: 9801
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