Observations of potential meteors from asteroid 101955 Bennu
Abstract
Following predictions for potential meteors from asteroid 101955 Bennu, visual observations were carried out for 13.03 hours during the period 22.78 September to 26.99 September, 2019 logging 95 meteors, of which 87 paths were plotted to determine shower association. Only five possible 'Bennu-ids' were observed, three of these during the night of 24/25 September. Several meteors appeared to emanate from a possible radiant nearby and close to the star delta Sculptoris, with five members in the 30 minutes between 25.79-25.81 September. Several Southern and Northern Taurids, and September epsilon Perseids were observed, and 71 meteors were recorded as sporadic, including meteors coincident with two possible weak centres of activity in Pisces and Cetus.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa
- Pub Date:
- October 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019MNSSA..78..142C