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A Photograph of a Meteor Trail Made with the Crossley Reflector
Author(s) -
Herbig George H.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
contributions of the society for research on meteorites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1944.tb00038.x
Subject(s) - meteor (satellite) , reflector (photography) , geology , diagram , meteoroid , optics , physics , geodesy , meteorology , astronomy , light source , mathematics , statistics
A description is given of the trail of a bright meteor appearing on a recent Crossley Reflector plate, and an attempted method of detecting the effect of the angular diameter of the meteor is outlined. A photographic light curve of the meteor was obtained and is shown in an accompanying diagram (Figure 2).