Photographic Observations of the July α-Capricornids Fireball

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Mar 2004

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Solar System Research, v. 38, Issue 2, p. 120-123 (2004).

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A bright fireball (TN920729) of minus-ninth absolute magnitude flew above Dushanbe (Tajikistan) at 22:12 UT on the night of July 29/30, 1992, and was photographed at two observatories (Gissar and Sanglok) of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. The length of the photographed portion of the fireball trajectory and the luminous duration were equal to 40.4 km and 1.98 s, respectively. The coordinates of the radiant, velocity, and orbital elements of the fireball were determined. The fireball was found to belong to the α-Capricornids shower. The mass and density of the fireball progenitor were inferred from photometric measurements of the plates and found to be equal to 0.574 kg and 2 g/cm3, respectively.

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