Re: (meteorobs) Distance to meteor ?

• To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Distance to meteor ?
• From: GeoZay@aol.com
• Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:28:23 EST
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

In a message dated 98-11-01 14:08:13 EST, you write:

steve<< 
 I am wondering about the variables and distances a meteor is from the
 observer.  If a meteor is directly overhead then it is about 100 plus
 kilometers from the observer if that is the height to the edge of the
 ionosphere at that certain moment?  If a meteor shower radiant is 15
 degrees above the horizon then what are distance parameters to individual
 meteors?
 
 For examaple:  If I observe the Leonids when the radiant is 15 degrees
 above the horizon then how close could a Leonid ever get to me in terms of
 miles/kilometers?
  >>

Steve,
I'm not a math wizard at all...as a matter of fact, if I can't do it on my
fingers, I'm in deep kempshe. But I come up with a figure that meteors would
be about 386 km away in this case. 
George Zay

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