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(meteorobs) PEAKED over the N. Atlantic? (Was: Has anyone heard anything from Asia?)
>Was there a REAL meteor storm (thousands per sec.)
Actually, I don't believe thousands per second have EVER been
recorded...even 1966 had 40-50 a second and that was only for a brief peak.
That would be impressive enough, I think :-) And it looks like we never
approached even that.
in Asia or anywhere, or
>did we just have a major shower? Has anyone heard?
Boy, there was a remarkable absence of reports from people from Asia
today...I figured it was either SO amazing no one could tear themselves
away, or it was somewhat disappointing. Seems like it was the latter.
As best as I can tell. NO.
In fact, it seems as if Europe and the US had the best show. CBS news had
a brief interview with someone in Japan who complained she'd been out in the
cold for "6 hours and only saw 20 meteors" Even assuming that was a
light-polluted area with overcast that's fairly lame.....I beat that easily
here in MD with partial overcast and and bad light pollution.
As I suspected (wish I'd posted that suspicion to the list) , it seems the
peak was over the North Atlantic...Quoting from Gary Kronk
http://medicine.wustldot edu/%7Ekronkg/leonidresults.html
"I am still awaiting reports from South America, but International
Astronomical Union Circular 7052 says the Leonid maximum occurred over the
Atlantic Ocean for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Daniel W. E. Green
says, "A. Fitzsimmons reports that a group of observers at La Palma observed
about 1000 Leonids/hr around Nov. 17.15, increasing to about 2000/hr around
Nov. 17.19." These dates are given in Universal Time. Right now it seems
obvious that rates were 100 or less per hour for east coast observers in the
United States, though I still have numerous accounts to sift through."
So any reports from Bermuda or the Azores?
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