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Article #3764Re: Perseid Shower Peak?
From: Dierick Dominique
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:40
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:40
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In article <1993Jan9.020605.1952@seas.gwu.edu>, willson@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen R. Willson) writes: >Newsgroups: sci.astro >From: willson@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen R. Willson) >Subject: Perseid Shower Peak? > >When is the Perseid shower supposed to peak this year? What kind of >frequency could one expect to see? The only time I went out to watch a >shower, I saw about four in one hour. > >-- >-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen R. Willson | A fitting end to a screwy campaign year... > willson@seas.gwu.edu | Here to swear in the President of the United States, > (202) 395-4922 | Larry King! -The Miami Herald > According to latest estimates it should have a high peak on August 11 at 22h00 UT, where you could expect ( but meteor showers have the annoying habbit to be a little unpredictable ) for a brief period hundreds of meteors per hour. If the peak doesn't happen, you should expect about 50 meteors per hour all night long. Dominique
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!brsux0.bro.dec.com!dierick From: dierick@brsux0.bro.dec.com (Dierick Dominique) Subject: Re: Perseid Shower Peak? Message-ID: <1993Jan11.164033.17875@rdg.dec.com> Keywords: meteor Lines: 25 Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News) Reply-To: dierick@ketje.enet.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Brussels References: <1993Jan8.024753.1@vax1.tcd.ie> <1993Jan9.005308.22509@sfu.ca> <1993Jan9.020605.1952@seas.gwu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:40:33 GMT