Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1989
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 236, Feb. 1, 1989, p. 645-652. Research supported by th
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Meteoroid Showers, Radar Scattering, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Angular Distribution, Orbital Elements, Radar Antennas, Radar Tracking
Scientific paper
Contour maps of meteor radiant activity distributions in the vicinity of known shower radiants have been produced from data obtained with the all-sky meteor radar recently established at Grahamstown, South Africa. The distributions were derived using a simple geometric procedure based on the property of specular reflection from meteor trains. The use of antennas with good sky coverage has resulted in maps which are relatively free of the astigmatic distortion that can arise from system anisotropy. There is some degradation due to a spurious background activity produced by the mapping procedure, but this does not seriously affect the reconstruction of prominent radiant features. It is concluded that, with some development of the methods involved, accurate recovery of arbitrary radiant distributions from single-station radar data should be possible.
Poole M. G. L.
Roux D. G.
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