The new meteor shower η Eridanids (original) (raw)

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• Tanigawa, T. ;
• Murayama, H. ;
• Hasegawa, I.

Abstract

We discovered the new meteor shower, η Eridanids, active in late July to mid-August by analyzing the optical meteor data besides the visual and radar ones obtained so far. We also found two comets as parent candidates of the η Eridanids, Periodic Comet Pons-Gambart D/1827 M1 and Comet Chacornac C/1852 K1; and further, Comet Chacornac, rather than Comet Pons-Gambart, seems to be possibly associated with the η Eridanids.

Publication:

Meteoroids 2001 Conference

Pub Date:

November 2001

Bibcode:

2001ESASP.495..109O

Keywords:

• Meteor Showers