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An Airborne Stereoscopic Mission to Explore the 1998 and 1999 Leonid Meteor Storms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. Jenniskens  and
S. Butow
P. Jenniskens
Affiliation:
The SETI Institute at NASA/Ames Research CenterMail Stop 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
S. Butow
Affiliation:
The SETI Institute at NASA/Ames Research CenterMail Stop 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

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The possibility of a storm of Leonid meteors in November 1998 and 1999 offers exciting opportunities for using unusual meteor observing techniques, because of high flux and because the Leonids are unique probes for the study of the parent comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle and the Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 1023
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Copyright © Kluwer 1998