Leonid MAC home View the shower Mission Brief Science Update Media Brief links		Gary W. Kronk, amateur meteor observer Last updated: October 1999 E-mail: kronkg [at] medicine.wustl.edu Homepage Brief Biographical Information: I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. I am employed as a Systems Manager at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. I have been active in observing and researching comets and meteor showers as an amateur astronomer since 1973. I have been married for 18 years to my wife, Karen. We have two boys, David (12) and Michael (9). Research Interests: Meteor showers Comets Research on Leonid MAC: Part of near-real time flux measurement team Related studies of the leonids in November 1998: I have had formal papers published in Icarus and the journal of the International Meteor Organization. I created a successful web site on Comets and Meteor Showers in 1995. I wrote the books Comets: A Descriptive Catalog (1984) and Meteor Showers (1988). My most recent book, Cometography, volume one, was released by Cambridge University Press during October 1999. 1999 Leonid MAC report
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