The 2004 Perseid outburst from Lithuania
Abstract
We present a short summary of the one-revolution dust trail Perseid outburst witnessed by a small group of three observers on the night of 2004 August 11/12 in Lithuania. A short outburst with full width of half maximum duration of 50 minutes with a peak ZHR of 244+-29 was observed at 20h59m UT (solar longitude = 239.43 deg) in good agreement with model predictions.
- Publication:
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WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004JIMO...32..129D