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Re: (meteorobs) Unusual Leonid rates during the 'off' years?
The Leonids of 1983 were memorable to me, not for rates, but for the
brilliance of the meteors. In 2 hours 326 - 526 EST I saw 19 Leonids with a
yellow -5m and 30-second train, a yellow -3m and 4-second train, a
blue-green -2m and 2-second train, and four yellow -1m's with trains
2-3-2-5 seconds. It was a very yellow year. Sky LM was 7.3 the second
hour; the moon set early in the first hour.
The only standout year that I saw for Leonid rates was 1974. The last hour
528 - 628 EDT had 40 Leonids with a full range of magnitudes up to -6m.
All other off years were around 10/hr tops and mostly fainter Leonids.
Norman
Norman W. McLeod III
Staff Advisor
American Meteor Society
Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod@peganet.com
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