Observations of the 2001 Leonid meteor shower using VHF meteor radar

Autor:	Susan K. Avery, Santiago de la Peña, J. P. Avery
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Meteor (satellite) Solar System Meteorology Comet Astronomy and Astrophysics law.invention Shower Radiant flux Space and Planetary Science law Observatory Radar Meteor shower Geology
Zdroj:	Icarus. 196:164-170
ISSN:	0019-1035
DOI:	10.1016/j.icarus.2008.02.019
Popis:	Every year the Earth crosses or passes near one of the dust trails left by Comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle in its pass through the Solar System every 33.2 years. This produces a meteor shower Commonly called the Leonid. The 2001 Leonid meteor shower is one of the strongest in recent years. We present observations made by the 50 MHz all-sky meteor radar located at the Platteville Atmospheric Observatory in Colorado (40° N, 105° W). The spatial and temporal distributions of the meteor activity detected by the radar during the 2001 Leonid shower differs from the observed sporadic activity detected by VHF radars. Estimation of the radiant flux of the meteor shower of the shower by a well-known methodology is presented, and the intensity of the phenomena is discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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