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Re: (meteorobs) Excerpts from "CCNet DIGEST, 16 April 1999"



Lew Gramer wrote:
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> ------- Forwarded Message
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> CCNet DIGEST, 16 April 1999
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> SURPRISE 1998 LEONID DISPLAY WAS A LARGE BLAST FROM THE PAST
>
<snip> 
> 
> The calculations by David Asher and co-workers showed that in November
> 1998 most of the resonant arcs missed the Earth by a wide margin, but
> the arc of particles released in 1333 cut right through the Earth's
> orbit, and the calculated time for when this happened matched the
> observed fireball maximum to the hour.
>
 
  So, we don't necessary have to wait 99 years for the next big Leonid display, 
but maybe only 33 years.  I wonder if they calculated 33 and 66 years ahead.

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