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0. 5 LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY OF METEORS of log r,/p% is that corresponding to the centroid of the distribution, for which we have log 7»/p3,=—11.281 0.030; log v=6.433 40.008. (18) For each other point, the error «, should be given by ¢=0.03-+0.15X log 26.433]. (19) In the following, however, it is convenient to adopt n=1.0, so that the error in log 7,/p2, will be constant and equal to 0.03. Equation (17) now reads log 4 =—17.7140.03. (17a) By sorting the sporadic meteors into groups according to...