TV observation of the Leonid meteor shower in 1998: No strong activity over Japan

Jun Ichi Watanabe, Shiasuke Abe, Hideo Fukushima, Daisuke Kinoshita

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Abstract

We carried out a high-sensitivity TV observation of the Leonid meteor shower at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, from 15h20m UT through 20h24m UT on 1998 November 17. We detected 58 Leonid meteors, along with 99 sporadic meteors. The peak of the activity, as expected around 20h UT, was not clearly observed. The average influx rate of meteoroids was 1.4×10-5 km-2 s-1 (mag ≤ +8) during our observation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L11-L14
JournalPublications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume51
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Comets: individual (comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle)
  • Interplanetary medium
  • Meteors
  • Solar system

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