California Surprise: A California Observation of the 1833 Leonid Meteor Storm

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dc.contributor.authorOlson, Donald W.
dc.contributor.authorDoescher, Russell L.
dc.date.accessioned2007-10-08T15:59:26Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:20:59Z
dc.date.issued1999-11
dc.description.abstractThe most recent reassessments of last year's Leonid meteor activity have persuaded pilgrims seeking the legendary Leonid storm to expect a true meteoric spectacle on its usual 33-year beat sometime between 16 and 18 November. Serious money is on the eastern Atlantic Ocean and western Europe for the most intense celestial pyrotechnics, but these projections still depend on a lot of guesswork. No Leonids are as legendary as the 1833 firefall, which was seen and documented over much of the territory east of the Mississippi. Because reports from the Far West are not well known, most modern accounts conclude the event was geographically restricted. Here, however, a pair of professors at Southwest Texas State University demonstrate the fallacy of common knowledge and provide a previously unrecognized account of California fireworks.
dc.description.departmentPhysics
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dc.format.extent4 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationOlson, D. W., & Doescher, R. L. (1999). California surprise: A California Observation of the 1833 Leonid Meteor Storm. Griffith Observer, 63(11), pp. 12-15.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4044
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGriffith Observatory
dc.sourceGriffith Observer, 1999, Vol. 63, No. 11, pp. 12-15.
dc.subjectLeonid Meteor Storm
dc.subjectCalifornia Astronomical Observation
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.titleCalifornia Surprise: A California Observation of the 1833 Leonid Meteor Storm
dc.typeArticle

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