Sin asunto

Sab Jul 26 03:13:54 ART 2008

(European Space Agency/ESTEC) finds a peak at Aug. 13d01h53m +/- 15m UT
(solar longitude = 140.58 +/- 0.01 deg), a peak rate of ZHR = 75 +/- 10
meteors/hr, and a FWHM = 1.9 +/- 0.2 hr, on top of the annual Perseid
activity.  J. Vaubaillon (California Institute of Technology) has identified
this outburst tentatively with the old 441-A.D. dust trail of comet
109P/Swift-Tuttle, which was calculated to fall just outside of the earth's
orbit with a closest encounter on Aug. 12d23h34m UT.

NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
      superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.

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2008 August 26                   (CBET 1480)              Daniel W. E. Green