Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003pasj...55l..23w&link_type=abstract
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.55, No.3, pp. L23-L26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Interplanetary Medium, Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteor Showers: Individual (Leonids), Solar System
Scientific paper
Three short-duration ``outbursts'', in which more than 20-40 meteors appeared in a few seconds, have been reported during a recent Leonid storm. The meteors in these events were extremely localized within a few hundred km, which should be caused by clusters of meteoroids. The existence of such clusters indicates the fragmentation of meteoroids during orbital motion in interplanetary space. Considering the extent of the spatial distribution, the fragmentation should have occurred at around the perihelion passage of the meteoroids just before encountering the Earth. This may cause a possible enhancement of smaller meteoroids, even in old dust trails. A possible example of similar clusters in the past meteor storm of Giacobinids is also noted.
Abe Shinsuke
Fuse Tetsuharu
Hasegawa Hitoshi
Hashimoto Takema
Suzuki Bunji
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