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Early Observations of the Leonids in East Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

I. Hasegawa
I. Hasegawa*
Affiliation:
Otemae Junior CollegeItami 664Japan

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The parent comet of the Leonids, 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, was recovered in 1997. An improved orbit for the interval 1366 to 1997 together with predictions before 1366 were calculated by Nakano (1997). These orbital elements are used to determine the longitude of the descending node of the cometary orbit so that this can be compared with the solar longitude of meteors found in historic records. A number of catalogues listing the appearances of meteors showers have already been published. Most notable of these are Imoto and Hasegawa (1958), Zhuang (1977), Mason (1995), Rada and Stephenson (1992), Kidger (1993) and Hasegawa (1996). Nearly fifty records of the Leonids from AD855 to the end of the 19th century are found in these catalogues.

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. 1005 - 1006
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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