Title:              The orbital evolution of the Perseid and Quadrantid
                    meteor streams
Authors:            FOX, K.
Affiliation:        AA(Queen Mary College, London, England)
Journal:            IN: Dynamical trapping and evolution in the solar
                    system; Proceedings of the Seventy-fourth
                    Colloquium, Gerakini, Greece, August 30-September 2,
                    1982 (A84-34976 16-89). Dordrecht, D. Reidel
                    Publishing Co., 1983, p. 89-95.
Publication Date:   00/1983
Origin:             STI
Category:           Astronomy
NASA/STI Keywords:  METEOROID SHOWERS, ORBITAL MECHANICS, PERSEID
                    METEOROIDS, QUADRANTID METEOROIDS, JUPITER
                    ATMOSPHERE, ORBIT PERTURBATION
Bibliographic Code: 1983dtesscoll...89F

Abstract

Some mathematical models for the formation of meteor streams are developed. The meteor streams described in the models are patterned after the Perseid/Swift-Tuttle and the Quadrantid streams. The models incorporated observational data on particle ejection speed, radiation pressure, increased orbital flux, and the effects of Jovian orbital perturbations on both visual and radio meteors in the Perseid and Quadrantid systems. On the basis of a comparison between model predictions and observational data, it is shown that regular meteor showers can be produced by young meteor streams as well as by old ones.

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