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(meteorobs) Questions about the old Andromedids
The Andromedids or "Bielids" were a shower known to produce incredible
"storms" of meteors several times during the last Century. I read over
Gary Kronk's excellent write-up of them on his Meteor Calendar at:
http://medicine.wustldot edu/~kronkg/
But I still have a couple of questions:
1) Gary mentions that the Andromedids are still observed(!), and even
cites rates for them of up to 5 per hour in recent observations. This
was a major surprise to me, as I've always heard they were completely
dormant (or extinct?) over the past 50 years or so... Are there in
fact well-documented observations of Andromedids in recent years.
2) What was the geocentric velocity of the Andromedids during their
Halcyon days? Were their orbits well enough determined to give an
exact figure for this speed?
Thanks all, and clear skies!
Lew