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Abstract ‘The ratio of the photographic luminous efficiency 7, to the square of the density pm of about 400 meteors, precisely reduced by Jacchia, has been computed directly from the observational data. F has been taken into account in the computation. ‘After critically reviewing previous papers on the subject, the author discusses his assumptions and he employed. ‘The theory allows the evaluation of the quantity 5/pa._It is possible to determine 7, few cases in which the meteors show positive...