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RE: (meteorobs) Excerpts from "CCNet DIGEST, 15 June 1999"



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(10) WATCHING METEORITES FALL ON THE MOON

>From Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhedot de>
>From Ciel & Espace, No. 349 - Juin 1999, p. 17: Si, c'est possible !

[B. Pauli's translation] Watching meteorites fall on the Moon -
just a joke to impress first graders? No, says the study group of J.L.
Ortiz -  it is within reach of (modest) amateur telescopes.

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Hello all:   The above offers a facinating prospect.   What a way to begin 
the evening of the highly anticipated Leonid shower this November!

There are two questions in my mind about this, and I toss them out for 
consideration:

1)  Would it be best to use a low power eyepiece and fill the field of view 
with the unlit portion of the Moon, or use higher powers and view smaller 
areas?

2)  Considering the geometry of Earth-Moon-Leonid stream that evening, is 
there some area of the "visible" unlit portion of the moon likely to 
experience more meteor impacts per unit surface area than the remainder of 
the "visible" unlit portion?

I will appreciate any comments you wish to offer.

George Kelley

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