Eta Aquarids 2007

by Mikiya Sato


I calculated dust trails of Eta-Aquarids in 2007.
The Earth will encounter the dust trail ejected from 1P/Halley in -835 (BC 836).
Especially, two parts of a dust trail will approach on May 6, the peak of meteor shower is expected to observed.
Main data is summarized to the following table and figure.

Table 1 Data of main dust trails of Eta Aquarids in 2007

Ejection
Year
Date(UT)TimeLS(2000)Delta-r
(AU)
Ejected
Velocity
(m/s)
Delta-a
(AU)
fMAlp.
(deg.)
Del.
(deg.)
Vg
(km/s)
Notice
-8352007/05/05.8821:0644.892+0.0092-20.04-0.7390.0083337.28-1.1465.70
-8352007/05/05.8921:1844.901+0.0090-20.04-0.7390.0067337.28-1.1465.70
-8352007/05/06.5613:2845.553+0.00068-20.29-0.7470.018337.72-0.9165.93Careful
-8352007/05/06.6214:5745.613-0.00010-20.26-0.7470.046337.76-0.8965.95Careful
-8352007/05/07.4711:1346.430-0.011-20.62-0.7590.082338.33-0.5666.24
-8352007/05/07.4711:1646.432-0.011-20.62-0.7590.062338.33-0.5666.24
-8352007/05/07.4811:2446.437-0.0099-20.21-0.7450.028338.32-0.5866.22
-8352007/05/07.5914:0746.547-0.011-19.99-0.7370.0080338.40-0.5366.26
-8352007/05/07.6615:5046.616-0.014-20.29-0.7480.011338.46-0.5166.32
-8352007/05/07.6916:3346.645-0.015-20.49-0.7540.026338.48-0.4866.34

* fM > 0.005, |Delta-r| < 0.02 AU.


Fig. 1 Distributions of the dust trails of Eta Aquarids in 2007
* Colored ovals : fM > 0.01

Expected peak time is between 13:30 and 15:00 on May 6.
However, the trails were very old, it is guessed that the peak is not sharp.


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