Annual variation of sporadic radar meteor rates

The activity of sporadic meteors has been measured from 2002 to 2005 with the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar. Single-station data at 29.85 MHz have been used to find the positions of the five sporadic sources visible from the Northern hemisphere, and the activity measured for each source has been corre...

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Published inMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 367; no. 2; pp. 709 - 716
Main Authors Campbell-Brown, M. D., Jones, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.04.2006
Blackwell Science
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Astronomy
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
meteoroids
meteors
Meteors & meteorites
meteors, meteoroids
Rates
meteors, meteoroids
Positions
Orbits
Meteors
Meteoroids
Northern hemisphere
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Summary:The activity of sporadic meteors has been measured from 2002 to 2005 with the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar. Single-station data at 29.85 MHz have been used to find the positions of the five sporadic sources visible from the Northern hemisphere, and the activity measured for each source has been corrected for observing biases. Relative fluxes and the annual variation of each source are well determined. The variations in activity are of great interest in determining the history and origin of the sporadic meteoroid population.
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ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09974.x