The Determination of the Incident Flux of Radio-meteors: II. Sporadic Meteors
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- 1 September 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 123 (3) , 265-271
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/123.3.265
Abstract
The theory relating the radio-echo rate to the incident meteor flux is extended to the case of sporadic meteors. It is shown that the relation between total influx and the echo rate observed at the equator with a suitably oriented aerial should be substantially independent of the distribution of sporadic radiants over the celestial sphere. The meteoric influx as a function of limiting magnitude (to +11 m ) has been determined from experimental data. Results for sporadic meteors and for several showers are presented.Keywords
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