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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Call for Observations for delta Cancrids
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob McNaught" <rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.AU>
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Marco Langbroek wrote:
>
> > Hi Huang,
> >
> > It would occur to me that both the geocentric velocity of the
theoretical
> > stream of your asteroid is clearly too high, and the date of maximum too
> > early, to make a viable association with the delta Cancrids.
>
> Huang had written that Vg for 2001 YB5 was 30 km/s and the DCA were 28
km/s
> so there is only a small discrepancy. The heliocentric velocity is 38
km/s.
Oops, I am sorry, and you are right. There was a bad line-up of the table
from Huang Meng's mail so the Vg tag ended up above the Vh data on my
screen. My apologies to Huang Meng. And highly interesting, because although
the date is off by 10 days, the rest of the results indeed fit rather well.
- Marco
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