Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 17 1131-17-p069

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302 Meteors of February 9, 1913 However, the shower of shooting stars in connection with this fall indi- cates a swarm of small particles whiclf is characteristic of comets rather than asteroids. The following are the elements obtained. 1.38 0.328 om = Q = 3202 i= 1735 = 1.62 years iv Susostary The meteoric display of February 9, 1913, was a shower of fireballs” and shooting stars from a radiant in the north-northwest. It was nota” procession of fireballs moving over an unusually long path. The...