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(meteorobs) RE: Phaethonids??? Wha....?
Dan Green was kind enough to inform me that this naming convention is of an
antiquated style that is no longer preferred, and is no longer used on
meteor showers whose parent comet/asteroid has been more recently determined
or given a name.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Verish, Robert S
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 2:45 PM
> To: 'meteorobs@latrade.com'; 'meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com'
> Subject: Phaethonids??? Wha....?
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> "If the Draconids are also called the Giacobinids because their parent
> comet is 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, then why aren't the Geminids also called
> the "Phaethonids", after their parent asteroid 3200Phaethon?"
>
> Bob V.
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