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(meteorobs) Leonid Shower - ASA information for the public (fwd)



Comments on this would be appreciated.  It contains some additional dust
trails identified by Esko Lyttinen and David Asher, but the geometry is
from calculations by David Asher.  There are no additional trail
encounters in 1999 from 7 to 19-revs old, so perhaps no surprises in this
respect.  2001 now really looks like the big year, and Europe has a chance
in 2002.  David is writing something formally for the IMO.
Cheers, Rob

From: John O'Byrne

Over the next few years, there are significant prospects for strong 
displays of Leonid meteors in mid-November. Prediction of Leonid 
activity has had a rather chequered history, not helped by the events in
1998, but a new  theory is able to explain the historical events and
should thus be able to make sound predictions for the near future.

Further information is available on the ASA web page at
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/asa_www/leonids.html

This information is provided by Rob McNaught (from Siding Spring) as 
an initiative of the ASA Education Subcommittee. It can be freely 
copied for distribution to the public provided the ASA letterhead is 
retained.

John

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