A Radio Echo Method of Meteor Orbit Determination
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- 1 February 1956
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 116 (1) , 105-113
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/116.1.105
Abstract
A radio echo system using three receivers spaced on the ground by 4 km has been used to determine the orbits of individual meteors. About 200 orbits can be calculated from the meteor echoes photographed during a 24 hour period of observation. An analysis of Geminid meteors observed in 1954 indicates that the accuracy obtainable is limited to about ± 2 km/sec in velocity by atmospheric deceleration, and to ± 3° in radiant position by turbulent winds in the meteor region.Keywords
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