The radiant of the Leonids meteor storm in 2001

Torii, Ken'ichi; Kohama, Mitsuhiro; Yanagisawa, Toshifumi; Ohnishi, Kouji

The radiant of the Leonids meteor storm in 2001

Authors

Torii, Ken'ichi

Kohama, Mitsuhiro

Yanagisawa, Toshifumi

Ohnishi, Kouji

Description

We have measured the radiant of the Leonids meteor storm in November 2001 by using new observational and analysis techniques. The radiant was measured as the intersections of lines which were detected and extrapolated from images obtained at a single observing site (Akeno Observatory, Japan). The images were obtained by two sets of telephoto lenses equipped with cooled CCD cameras. The measured radiant, (R.A., Dec.)=(154$^\circ$.35, 21$^\circ$.55) (J2000), is found to be in reasonable agreement with the theoretical prediction by McNaught and Asher (2001), which verifies their dust trail theory.
5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to PASJ