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(meteorobs) leonids storm
hi every
one,
I
have recently viewed the imo leonid meteor storm simulation( metsim)and
I was very much
impressed with the program which was carefully made and accurately simulating a
meteor storm.
the program convinced me
that I could not count that much of meteors if the rate is over 10 meteors per
second.
( which counts to
36000 meteors / hour ).
it seemed to me that the
eye and the brain could not count and even follow such high numbers of meteors.
so the program left me helpless.
moreover, I tried to test
the method suggested by the imo, that is to change to ten meteors count and
replace them by one beep instead of counting, but it appeared to me that this
method is not practical to me with the presence of high numbers of
meteors.
moreover, in the sky, meteors will be
distributed all over the sky heading north, south, west, and east, so one may
miss some meteors. but in the program, one can see all meteors coming, although
he can not count them all.
I encourage
every one to try the program if he did not try it earlier.
Khaled M.
Tell
Meteor Observing Committee
Jordanian Astro. Soc. (JAS)
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