Predictions for the Aurigid Outburst of 2007 September 1
- Creators
- Jenniskens, Peter
- Vaubaillon, Jérémie
Abstract
The September 2007 encounter of Earth with the 1-revolution dust trail of comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess) is the most highly anticipated dust trail crossing of a known long period comet in the next 50 years. The encounter was modeled to predict the expected peak time, duration, and peak rate of the resulting outburst of Aurigid shower meteors. The Aurigids will radiate with a speed of 67 km/s from a radiant at R.A. = 92°, Decl. = +39° (J2000) in the constellation Auriga. The expected peak time is 11:36 ± 20 min UT, 2007 September 1, and the shower is expected to peak at Zenith Hourly Rate = 200/h during a 10-min interval, being above half this value during 25 min. The meteor outburst will be visible by the naked eye from locations in Mexico, the Western provinces of Canada, and the Western United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. A concerted observing campaign is being organized. Added in proof: first impression of the shower.
Additional Information
© 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Received: 29 June 2007. Accepted: 4 October 2007. Published online: 30 October 2007. Prepared as a contribution to the conference proceedings of "Meteoroids 2007", to be published in the journal "Earth, Moon, and Planets". This paper was improved by comments from editor Frans Rietmeijer and reviewers Peter Brown and David Asher. We thank operators at CINES (France) for their help with the super-computer used to do the simulations. The Aurigid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign (Aurigid MAC) was sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Planetary Astronomy Program. This was the first deployment of the two Gulfstream V aircraft in a research mission. We received tremendous support from the aircraft operators of H211 LLC and organizers at NASA Ames Research Center, and thank all that made this mission possible.Additional details
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- 18254
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11038-007-9174-2
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20100512-105705311
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