[meteorite-list] Leonids - Was: Hunting hours vs recovery rate

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 6 16:36:33 2006
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003200004568_at_paulinet.de>

Dave wrote: "BTW, the Leonid's storm was awesome from the strewnfield."

According to the Sky and Telescope reports, the 2001 Leonid "storm"
must really have been awesome from the dark skies of Arizona or from
western Texas where 1,559 (!) Leonids were counted during a five-hour
observing period. In the same S & T issue, Landon Curt Noll wrote:

"While some called the 2001 Leonids a great shower, others
 called it a storm. Perhaps the term Leonid squall is in order?"

Reference: S & T, March 2002, pp. 102-106.

Bernd
Received on Mon 06 Mar 2006 04:36:18 PM PST