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MAGNITUDES OF SPORADIC AND PERSEID METEORS *
Author(s) -
Bergh Sidney van den
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1956.tb01373.x
Subject(s) - meteoroid , magnitude (astronomy) , range (aeronautics) , meteor (satellite) , geology , physics , apparent magnitude , astrophysics , geodesy , astronomy , materials science , stars , composite material
Abstract It is found that in the range from the zeroth to the fifth magnitude, the number of sporadic meteors increases by a factor of 2.01 ± 0.08 per magnitude. For the Perseids, the number reaches a maximum between the third and fourth magnitudes.