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Dynamical Aspects of the Taurid Meteor Complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

J. Štohl  and
V. Porubčan
J. Štohl
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Interplanetary Matter Division, 842 28 Bratislava, Czech and Slovak Federal Republik
V. Porubčan
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Interplanetary Matter Division, 842 28 Bratislava, Czech and Slovak Federal Republik

Abstract

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Unusually long activity of the Taurid meteor complex, extending over 3-5 months according to new estimations based on various orbital similarity criteria, has been evoking controversies about the possible origin and dynamical evolution of this unique complex of meteor streams. It even casts doubts on the reality of the extension of the complex. In the present paper orbital elements and the extension of the Taurid meteor complex are re-examined on the bases of the most precise photographic meteor orbits available from the IAU Meteor Data Center in Lund. The results are evaluated and discussed from the viewpoint of various proposals on the origin and dynamical evolution of the complex.

Keywords

meteor streamsTaurid meteor complexD-criterion
Type
Part VI - Meteors. Zodiacal Cloud. Nebulae
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 152: Chaos, Resonance and Collective Dynamical Phenomena in the Solar System , 1992 , pp. 315 - 324
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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