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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Encke and Taurids this year?

November 7, 2003

Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!

I must say, out of all of the meteor showers I have
watched--- or better put, tried to watch, only the
Perseids and Taurids have really made a meteoric
impression with my observations.  I admit, I must be a
lousy meteor hunter, for even when I do monitor
activity, I rarely (if ever) see as many meteors as I
should be able to.  Of course, the weather conditions
are extremely important, among other things, for a
bountiful hunt--- I only know it all too well.  

Despite all of the above, I wanted to recall the
success I had in 2001.  That year, I saw my first
Taurid fireball (-3 mag.) plus a few dimmer Taurids on
November 4/5.  There was a full or nearly full moon
out too and given my luck at meteors, I thought that
year was pretty interesting.  I don't quite recall my
Taurid hunts in 2002, but I think it would be
something worthwhile to compare. 

Sadly, I have no Taurid reports for this year, only
clouds and a cold...

Long, bright, Taurid fireballs!

Mark Fox   
Newaygo, MI USA
  

 
--- Paul Jones <jonesp0854@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The next scheduled appearance of the 1981 kind for
> the
> >Taurids should be in 2005, according to them.
> >
> >- Marco
> 
> Interesting stuff, Marco.  The Moon phase situation
> also favors 2005, New 
> Moon will be Nov. 2, 2005.  Next year, a little less
> favorable as Last 
> Quarter falls on Nov. 5, 2004.  Any year, however,
> that a 1981-type Taurid 
> display happens, every meteor observer should make
> an effort to see it if 
> they can.  It was incredible.  Even the weather
> wouldn't be much of a 
> concern, because in 1981, the Taurid fireball
> spectacle when on every night 
> for almost three weeks!!    Could we be so lucky
> again?  Regards, Paul
> 
> 
> >From: "Marco Langbroek"
> <marco.langbroek@wanadoodot nl>
> >Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> >To: <meteorobs@meteorobs.org>
> >Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Encke and Taurids this
> year?
> >Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 19:51:58 +0100
> >
> >Asher and Izumi have published on this a few years
> ago in the MNRAS 297
> >(1998), 23-27.
> >
> >According to them a cloud of particles in the
> stream in a 'mean motion
> >resonance' in the 7:2 resonance is responsible for
> these years with above
> >average Taurid activity (and indeed, 1981 was one
> of those years). In other
> >words, it is due to a same kind of phenomena as the
> 1998 Leonid fireball
> >component was. The next scheduled appearance of the
> 1981 kind for the
> >Taurids should be in 2005, according to them.
> >
> >- Marco
> >
> >------
> >Dr Marco Langbroek
> >Leiden, the Netherlands
> >52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)
> >
> >meteorites@dmsweb.org
> >http://home.wanadoodot nl/marco.langbroek
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