The α-Monocerotids meteor outburst: the cross section of a comet dust trail |
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Authors: | P Jenniskens G Docters van Leeuwen |
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Institution: | aNASA/Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, U.S.A.;bDutch Meteor Society, Lederkarper 4, 2318 NB Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | One minute counts obtained during the meteor outburst of α-Monocerotids on November 22, 1995, are analyzed in order to examine the possibility of filamentary structure in the stream profile. None is found. It is argued that far-comet type outbursts are due to the Earth's passage through the dust trail of a long period comet, thus offering a direct means of studying such comet dust trails. Hence, the meteor stream activity curve is the first accurate cross section of dust densities through a comet dust trail. |
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