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Re: (meteorobs) How many particles are in that trail?
Jeff,
1. I think that those numbers are in fact the revolutions of the parent
comet (so one rev. is about 33 years) after such dust trail was produced.
The periods of the dust trails could be different from the comet and
I'm not sure whether it could be very different with the comet's?
2. The flux is also influnced by how near is the earth with respect to
the center of each dust trail at their minimum distance, which is variant
for different years and different dust trails.
Clear skies, Jin
> With the different predictions of the Leodnid Storm (hopefully) the number
> of revolutions of the respective dust trail (rev.) is used.
> Example:
> 9:55 UTC | 7 rev. | max. 800 | ±45 m
> 17:24 UTC | 9 rev. | max. 2000 | ±65 m
> 18:13 UTC | 4 rev. | max. 8000 | ±35 m
>
> Are we talking here about the number of revolutions the dust trail (the
> particles within it) has made around the path of the commet? If this is the
> case I'm baffled by why 7 rev. is producing 800 while 9 rev. is producing
> 2000 and at the same time would be the older of the two streams. Older =
> less particles right?
>
> Clear Skies and long trains,
>
> Jeff Wilson
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