Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006pimo.conf...74t&link_type=abstract
Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Oostmalle, Belgium, 15-18 September, 2005 Edt.: Bastiaens, L., Verbert, J.,
Mathematics
Probability
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Scientific paper
The analysis of single-station IMO video network data of the July and August period with 36 576 meteors in search of kappa-Cygnid, alpha-Lyrid and zeta-Draconid meteor showers was made using the program Radiant. These showers will be named kappa-Cygnid meteor complex radiants. The detailed analysis of the whole August period from 1993-2004 included the behavior of radiants in different magnitude ranges and different years from 2000 on. Detailed radiant calculations for different velocities for 5g and 10g solar longitude intervals were also done. In 10g solar longitude intervals also the calculations for different magnitude ranges were conducted. The activity of the kappa-Cygnid radiant and the alpha-Lyrid radiant was proven, unlike the zeta-Draconid radiant, where no activity could be confirmed. For the whole August period also the behavior of radiants in separate years 2000-2004, when day-to-day meteor coverage is available, was made. From that it can be hinted on alternating bigger activity of the kappa-Cygnid and alpha-Lyrid radiants. In the years 2000 and 2001 the alpha-Lyrid radiant is more active, when on the contrary in 2002, 2003 and 2004 the kappa-Cygnid radiant is more active. The year 2003 is interesting from another aspect, as three radiants can be seen. If the third radiant is the zeta-Draconid radiant, a few years more video observations will have to be gathered and the radiant calculations repeated. For the day of the kappa-Cygnid meteor complex maximum, on August 18, the mean radiant positions were deduced: the more active kappa-Cygnid radiant lies at alpha=280 deg and delta=+58 deg with an area of the maximum probability of 10 deg x 15 deg, and the less active alpha-Lyrid radiant is placed at alpha=292 deg and delta=+52 deg with a radius of maximum probability of 2 deg. The radiant drift was not possible to obtain as in the 5 deg and 10 deg solar longitude interval calculations the positions of both radiants apparently oscillate. As no change can be seen in the position of the radiants and their appearance when changing the velocity, it can be concluded that they present subbranches of the kappa-Cygnid meteor complex radiant.
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