[IAUC] CBET 3707: 20131112 : NEW METEOR SHOWERS RECOGNIZED

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 3707
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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NEW METEOR SHOWERS RECOGNIZED
     T. J. Jopek, Chair of IAU Commission 22's Working Group on Meteor
Shower Nomenclature, reports that the following seventeen showers have been
added to the IAU Working List on Meteor Showers (see the last list on CBET
2758).  In the table below are given the Working List number and code; the
solar longitude, R.A., and Decl. in degrees (equinox 2000.0); the geocentric
velocity of a shower meteoroid, V_g, in km/s; and the reference.  The
Working List is maintained by T. J. Jopek (AM University, Poznan) and Z.
Kanuchova (Astronomical Institute, S.A.S., Tatranska Lomnica).  Other
details for each shower are provided at the IAU Meteor Data Center's website
(as posted at URL http://www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/ or
http://www.astro.amu.edu.pl/~jopek/MDC2007/).

No.  Meteor shower               Long.      R.A.     Decl.    V_g    Ref.
      Code    Name               (deg)    (2000.0)    (km/s)
427   FED   February eta         315.11   239.92    +62.49    35.6   (1)
               Draconids
428   DSV   December sigma       267.414  205.0459  + 5.4750  66     (2)
               Virginids
429   ACB   alpha Coronae        309.890  233.2820  +27.0072  58     (2)
               Borealids
430   POR   September pi         178.424   74.8847  + 8.4387  68     (2)
               Orionids
431   JIP   June iota Pegasids    94.456  332.6261  +29.1967  59     (2)

432   NBO   nu Bootids           299.18   206.0     +12.6     62.8   (3)
433   ETP   eta Pegasids         135.40   334.6     +32.7     34.5   (3)
434   BAR   beta Arietids        135.28    28.8     +21.9     65.5   (3)
435   MPR   mu Perseids          139.64    70.4     +50.0     54.2   (3)
436   GCP   gamma Cepheids       234.99    47.6     +79.5     33.8   (3)

437   NLY   November Lyncids     237.92   141.8     +40.0     60.6   (3)
438   MLE   mu Leonids           235.70   142.4     +29.3     66.0   (3)
439   ASX   alpha Sextantids     237.37   154.6     - 3.4     68.8   (3)
440   NLM   November Leonis      237.99   162.2     +33.0     65.2   (3)
               Minorids
441   NLD   November lambda      236.07   177.3     +70.4     41.7   (3)
               Draconids

442   RLE   rho Leonids          262.18   155.6     + 5.2     65.6   (3)
443   DCL   December Leonids     262.19   155.3     +20.8     64.1   (3)

References:
(1) Jenniskens 2011, CBET 2763; Jenniskens and Gural 2011, JIMO 39(4), 93-97.
(2) Greaves 2012, JIMO, 40(1), 16-23.
(3) Shigeno and Yamamoto 2012, JIMO 40(1), 24-35.


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2013 November 12                 (CBET 3707)              Daniel W. E. Green