Observation of a Narrow Component of Faint Leonids in 1996

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Dec 1996

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WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 207-208

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We report on observations by Dutch observers observing from France during the interval of 2h50m-5h00m UT, November 17, 1996. There is evidence that two observers (at one locality) observed the ascending slope of a narrow peak of faint Leonids in the period of 3h30m-5h00m UT. They observed an abundance of faint Leonids during this interval, besides a large number of fireballs. According to their observations, the population index seems to split into two components: r approx. 1.5 for meteors brighter than +1 and r approx. 3.4 for meteors fainter than +1, While the observed ZHRs are at a level of ZHR=62+-8 for the early part of the observational interval (2h50m-3h40m UT), the observed ZHR is 155+-19 for the final part of observational interval (4h40m-5h00m UT), the increase inbetween being exponential. The slope of the ZHR profile has a B-value of about 30, similar to that of the 1966 and 1866 storm peaks [1,2]. Confirmation is called for.

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