Title:              Meteor storms
Authors:            WILLIAMS, I. P.; JOHNSON, C.; FOX, K.
Affiliation:        AC(Queen Mary College, London, England)
Journal:            IN: Asteroids, comets, meteors II; Proceedings of
                    the International Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June
                    3-6, 1985 (A87-11901 02-90). Uppsala, Sweden,
                    Astronomiska Observatoriet, 1986, p. 559-563.
Publication Date:   00/1986
Origin:             STI
Category:           Astronomy
NASA/STI Keywords:  COMETS, INTERPLANETARY DUST, METEOROID SHOWERS,
                    SOLAR SYSTEM, COMET NUCLEI, LEONID METEOROIDS,
                    MATHEMATICAL MODELS, TEMPEL 2 COMET
Bibliographic Code: 1986acm..meet..559W

Abstract

Meteor showers are generally seen as annual events, with the number of meteors seen per hour not varying dramatically from year to year. In contrast, meteor storms, where the number of meteors seen per hour reaches values of the order of 10,000, occur far less frequently. A simple model is developed for the rate of spreading of meteoroids around the mean orbit and this theory is applied to the best known of the streams associated with a storm, namely the Leonids. Interesting constraints on the size of the parent comet are obtained.

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