The Disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 and Its Meteors

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Apr 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001jimo...29...15l&link_type=abstract

WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization, vol. 29, no. 1/2, p. 15-28

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We report on the disintegration of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (SW3) and its production of meteoroid trails. The evolution of dust trails of the Comet is studied for ejection years back to the 1890 perihelion passage. Close approaches were found for the 1908 dust trail in 1936 and the 1995 dust trail in 2022 with farther approaches in 1984, 2001, 2011, and 2017. Scrutinization of visual observing records reveals that no outburst of SW3 meteor activity has been reported until now, but distinct annual background activity is found with ZHRs between 1 and 3. The alleged SW3 meteor outburst in 1930 is severely questioned. Prospects for the 2001 encounter of the 1941 dust trail are given. The maximum would be on May 30.41, with a radiant position at alpha = 212 deg, delta =+28 deg.

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