On May 24, 2014 Earth will encounter multiple streams of debris laid down by Comet 209P LINEAR. This will likely produce a new meteor shower, never before seen. Rates predicted to be from 100 to 1000 meteors per hour between 2 and 4 AM EDT, so we are dealing with a meteor outburst, potentially a storm. Peak rate of approximately 200 per hour best current estimate. Difficult to calibrate models due to lack of past observations. Models indicate mm size particles in stream, so potential risk to Earth orbiting spacecraft.


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    Title :

    2014 May Camelopardalid Meteor Shower


    Contributors:
    B. Cooke (author) / D. Moser (author)

    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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