The Leonids observation project by high-school students all over the world
Abstract
We organized the Leonids observing network that comprised of 276 observation teams consisting of about 3,000 senior high-school students in Japan on Nov. 17 1998. We counted the visible meteors with our naked eyes. It was a simple method, but we can discuss about the structure of the dust trail through the many data. However, the base line is so short that we could not discuss the structure enough. In 1999, we organized worldwide network by senior high-school students. The network is comprised of 307 teams from 23 countries. The base line of our new project is the earth size. We succeeded in 20 hours incessant observations, depending on the network. One of the observational team of the project in Tanzania, they have encountered leonid meteor storm. We report on the scientific results and the educational aspects from these projects. (Web site: http://www.leonids.net/) Leonids'98-'99 staff.
- Publication:
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IAU General Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001IAUGA..24..167S
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy;
- Teaching;
- Leonids