Comet dust on 20 and 28-29 March 2016?

Posted by Paul Roggemans | Mar 19, 2016 | News | 0 |

A comet discovered on 22 January 2016 (P/2016 BA14) is supposed to be a fragment from another comet that was discovered on 7 April 2000 (252P/LINEAR) since both move on very similar orbits. Both comets will pass close to the Earth orbit: 252P/LINEAR on 21 March 2016 followed by P/2016 BA14 the next day. There is a small chance for a new meteor shower on 20 March 2016 with a radiant at R.A. = 82°, Decl. = -39° with a velocity of 14.1 km/s, associated with P/2016 BA14, and on 28-29 March, from a radiant at R.A. = 77° and decl. = -16° with a very low velocity of 11,1 km/s, this time associated with 252P/LINEAR. Meteor activity from these sources is very unlikely in these circumstances, but it is always recommended to be alert.

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I have been interested in astronomy for as long as I can remember. I got involved in meteor observing in 1975 and from the beginning I started to establish international contacts to share meteor observations. As director of the VVS meteor section, I edited a monthly newsletter Werkgroepnieuws since 1978 which I upgraded in 1980 into an international Journal (WGN). From 1975 till 1996 I made many visual observations. I have a great interest in meteor literature and its history. My personal correspondence developed into a worldwide network of correspondents, including most of the active meteor amateurs at that time. I was one of the driving forces behind the Meteor Seminär and International Meteor Weekends in the 1980s which became the International Meteor Conference (IMC). One achievement of these meetings in the aftermath of the International Halley Watch and with the support of the IAU Commission 22 was the acceptance of a standardized methodology for visual meteor observing and reporting in 1986. This method was promoted with the Handbook for Visual Meteor Observers published by the Sky Publishing corporation. Using my correspondents’ network, I created the International Meteor Organization (IMO) in 1988, the same year I also developed the Visual Meteor Database to collect visual meteor observations worldwide. I like to write and to edit meteor articles which I did for WGN, handbooks and 10 conference Proceedings and since 2016 for MeteorNews. I participate with 16 video cameras in the CAMS-BeNeLux network and in the Global Meteor Network. I make mainly meteor shower analysis based on meteor orbit data. Since years, I am no longer a member of any organization. I prefer to focus on meteor work independant from any society.

Comet dust on 20 and 28-29 March 2016?

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