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High Spatial Resolution Observations of the 1998 and 1999 Leonid Meteors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

X.J. Jiang  and
J.Y. Hu
X.J. Jiang
Affiliation:
Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012, P.R. China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
J.Y. Hu
Affiliation:
Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012, P.R. China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China

Abstract

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We observed the Leonid meteor storm in 1998 and 1999. The light curves extracted from the 2-dimensional images of the bright Leonid meteors clearly show the sub-structures, which are consistent with the generally accepted dustball meteor model (Hawkes & Jones, 1975).

Type
VI. Solar System Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 183: Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales , 2001 , pp. 279 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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