Re: (meteorobs) Re: Strong Meteor Rates

• To: Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa@prodigy.com>, NAMN Meteorobs <meteorobs@latrade.com>
• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Strong Meteor Rates
• From: Marco Langbroek <marcolan@stad.dsldot nl>
• Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:46:03 +0000 ()
• In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981029011939.011cc5a0@hydra.cc.ruudot nl>
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

Hi Wes and others,

I do not have exact data at hand for all occasions, but my personal tally 
of raw numbers 'above 100/hr' or equivalent (in case of activity lasting 
less then one hour, e.g. the alfa Monocerotids) is:

- Perseids 1993 (up to some 250, that is uncorrected rate, I I recall 
correct)

- Quadrantids 1995: up to 120/hour, excluding sporadics

- Alfa Monocerotids 1995. This lasted less than one hour ('far comet' 
outburst), but 
with peak rates near 7/minute this is equivalent to reates over 100/hour.

- Leonids 1996. Well, almost: about 99 in one hour, but with a few 
minutes more, it would have been 100.

- Geminids 1996: up to 144/hour, excluding sporadics. When the peak takes 
place near your local midnight under good conditions, they put on a 
marvelous show! This night also saw my top count over one night: 1257 
meteors (that is: all streams plus sporadics included)!


Marco Langbroek
The Netherlands

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