Re: (meteorobs) Re: Best Time to See the Leonids

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Best Time to See the Leonids
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>
• Date: Wed, 28 Oct 98 17:22:37 -0500
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Thanks for the follow-up, Bob! Bob is right, David: from London, the
*edge* of the (5 degree wide) LEO radiant on Nov 16/17 will actually
rise at 21:46 local time, while the center point rises at 22:10. So
you may see a rare loooong one in the 10-11pm hour.

And that raises yet another question! :) Thanks to a shallow ecliptic
angle at London's latitude, the LEO radiant at this year's max rises
VERY slowly: between 10 and 11pm, it's elevation goes from -1o to 6o.
Assuming a constant meteor storm(!!) of 1 meteor per second through-
out that hour, how slowly would the perceived rate increase?

Lew

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