[meteorite-list] Possible Meteors From Comet C/1976 D1 (IAUC 8079)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:30 2004
Message-ID: <200302251716.JAA28405_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

                                                  Circular No. 8079
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION

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POSSIBLE METEORS FROM COMET C/1976 D1
     P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, reports that
calculations by E. Lyytinen and himself (Icarus, in press) indicate
that a one-revolution dust trail of comet C/1976 D1 (Bradfield; see
also IAUC 2933) will be in the earth's path on 2003 Mar. 1.912 +/-
0.010 UT for an estimated duration of 14 min (FWHM) with a peak
rate of perhaps 300/hr. The trail passes just inside the earth's
orbit at a distance of 0.00008 AU. The predicted radiant is at R.A.
= 13 deg, Decl. = -64 deg (equinox 2000.0), and the apparent meteor
velocity would be 42 km/s.

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2003 February 25 (8079) Daniel W. E. Green
Received on Tue 25 Feb 2003 12:16:00 PM PST