The International Leonid Watch.
Abstract
A brief history of the Leonid Meteor Shower is given with emphasis on the storms of 1833, 1866, and 1966. With conditions favorable for a return of a storm toward the end of this decade, the International Leonid Watch is described.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, the Strolling Astronomer
- Pub Date:
- October 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993JALPO..37...71D
- Keywords:
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- Leonid Meteoroids;
- Meteor Trails;
- Meteorites;
- Meteoroid Concentration;
- Comets;
- Histories;
- Records;
- Solar System;
- Astronomy;
- Meteor Showers