New radiant on Aquarius/Capricorn border by the SonotaCo Network
Abstract
On 2022, August 16, the SonotaCo Network Japan detected an outburst from a mean geocentric radiant position at R.A. = 324.9 ± 0.04 deg, Decl. = –11.9 ± 0.3 deg, at the anti-helion source, with geocentric velocity vg = 24.4 ± 0.5 km/s (Equinox J2000). The shower was detected by the SonotaCo network in the Japan among the first data from August 16. The orbit has a low inclination and resembles that of comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova.
- Publication:
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eMeteorNews
- Pub Date:
- September 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022eMetN...7..302S
- Keywords:
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- Meteors;
- anti-helion;
- outbursts