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The 2003 Leonids did not promise the return of past meteor storms. Instead,
the 1499 dust trail (about 17h UT on Nov 13) was observed from Japan and parts
of eastern Asia, as predicted by Esko Lyytinen, and a broad peak with ZHR about
50 was observed around November 19, as predicted by Peter Jenniskens. Other
minor trails at 7h UT (1533) and 17h UT (1733) could not (yet) be confirmed due
to lack of data. Clouds interfered with many observing plans, including those organized
in the context of Leonid MAC in Alaska and Virginia.
NORTH AMERICA:
NOV 13: Iowa, B.C., Canada , Hawaii, Vancouver, WA
NOV 19: Southern California, Texas, Hawaii, Nova Scotia, Canada, Oregon,
North Carolina
SOUTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA:
[no reports]
EUROPE AND AFRICA:
NOV 13: Where is everyone (Turkey)
NOV 19: Slovenia
ASIA AND AUSTRALIA:
NOV 13: Singapore, China, China, Beijing, Australia
NOV 19: Australia, India, Ukraine
OVERVIEW:
NOV 13: NMS, visual report
NOV 19: IMO shower circular
K. Pascual: "Skies were mostly cloudy during
the night, however, I managed to capture this
meteor in soutwest Montana around 4:30 am MST just before the
hole in the clouds closed. Details: 10 second
exposure, using a 28 mm lens, taken Nov 19,
2002 using Kodak MAX 400. "
The 2002 Leonids were hampered by a near-full Moon and bad
weather at many locations. Those that did have clear weather saw a
spectacular storm of short duration, caused by meteoroids
from the 1767 (Europe) or the 1866 dust trail (America's).
See also: Leonid MAC - campaign reports
Left: A Nov. 19 composite of three 8-second exposures by
Robert Hoetink from Enschede, The Netherlands. Right: Striking image of a Nov. 19 Leonid and clouds by Bernd Prschold,
from Pico del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Left: J. Carlos Casado combined 30 one-minute exposures to create this extraordinary image
of the 2002 encounter with the 1767 dust trail from the Cape
Creus Nature Park--the most eastern point on the Iberian peninsula. Right: Blake Suddeth
of Greenwood, South Carolina, caught this one by surprise while taking a picture of the
moon.
NORTH AMERICA:
Massachusetts,
Maryland, North Carolina,
Georgia, Maryland,
Arizona, California,
Florida, South Carolina,
Oklahoma, Massachusetts,
Texas, Tennesee,
New York, Ontario,
California, Illinois,
Texas,
Arizona,
Ohio, California,
Louisiana, Oregon,
From high above Canada,
Canada, Hawaii,
USA Weather
SOUTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA:
Brasil
EUROPE AND AFRICA:
Morocco, Iran,
Romania, England,
Malta, Canary Islands,
Czech Repbulic,
Jordan, Italy,
Spain, France,
Algeria, Hungary,
Greece, France,
Spain, Macedonia,
France
ASIA AND AUSTRALIA:
Japan, China,
Australia, India,
OVERVIEW:
Urania,
NMS,
Rao, IMO
With thanks to Lew Gramer for maintaining the "meteorobs" (meteorobs [at] atmob.org)
mailing list from which many of these reports were collected.
Figure left: Just one beautiful Leonid fireball photographed by Jim Fakatselis at
Peconic Dunes County Park, Eastern Long Island, NY, on November 18, 2001.
The 2001 meteor storms were a spectacle and surpassed most people's expectations.
The storms occurred much as predicted, with two strong storms visible from north
America (1767 dust trail) and from the western Pacific and Australia (1699 and 1866
dust trails).
Check also: Leonid MAC - campaign reports
NORTH AMERICA:
Nov. 17/18:
California, Colorado, California (Fremon Peak Observatory), Colorado,California,
Louisiana, Arizona,
California (Mohave), Colorado,
New York, California (Palmdale),
California (Cloverdale), Kansas
SOUTH & MIDDLE AMERICA:
Brasil, Guatamala
ASIA AND AUSTRALIA:
Nov. 18/19:
China (Xinglong), Australia(Sidney)
Figure above: Radio reflections corrected for elevation (Ton Schoenmaker).
EUROPE:
Netherlands
OVERVIEW:
IMO (Vladimir Krumov)
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2004:
- Aug 16-20, 2004 - METEOROIDS 2004. A conference to be held at the University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA. Contact: Peter Brown.
- July 18 - 25, 2004 - 35th COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY, PARIS, FRANCE - special session on quantitative meteor
spectroscopy and the Leonid showers. Contact: Peter Jenniskens.
2003:
- Dec 8-12, 2003 - AGU Fall Meeting,
San Francisco. Special session on meteoroids. Contact: Jonathan Friedman.
- Sep 18-21, 2003 - International Meteor Conference
2003. International Meteor Organization. Bollmannsruh, Germany. Contact: Rainer Arlt.
- Sep 1-6, 2003 - 35th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Science of
the AAS. Monterey, CA. Contact: LOC -
Ted Roush. SPC: Jeff Moore.
- Aug 10-14, 2003 -
Cometary Dust in Astrophysics. Crystal Mountain, Washington State, USA.
Contact: Don Brownlee.
- Aug 4-6, 2003 -
2003 LEONID MAC WORKSHOP. Leonid MAC science meeting.
Crystal Mountain, Washington State, USA. Contact: Peter Jenniskens.
- July 13-18, 2003 -
XXVth. International Astronomical Union General Assembly. Sydney, Australia.
Travel grant: Feb 15. Abstracts: March 01. Preregistration: April 30.
Joint Discussion on "Physical Properties & Morphology of small solar system
bodies (July 23)". Contact: Ed Tedesco (etedesco [at] terrasys.com).
Also Joint Discussion on "Formation of Cometary Material" (July 22)". Contact:
Walter Huebner.
- June 15-20, 2003 -
2003 CEDAR Workshop. Raintree Plaza Conference Center, Longmont, Colorado.
Contact: Barbara Emery.
- May 26-30, 2003 -
Astrophysics of Dust. Estes Park, Colorado, USA. Pre-registration: Dec 15, 2002.
Abstracts: Feb 15. Contact: Adolf N. Witt.
- April 06 - 11, 2003 -
EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly 2003. Abstracts: Jan 14. Pre-registration: March 07.
Session PS6.01 "Comets and Asteroids". Nice, France.
Contact: Gerhard Schwehm.
Gerhard Schwehm. And PS6.02 "Dust in the solar system". Contact:
Harald Krueger.
- March 17-21, 2003 -
34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
League City, Texas. Abstracts: Jan 07 (5 pm CST). Preregistration: Feb 14. Contact
LPI (logistics: 281-486-2144; abstracts: 281-486-2142 or -2188;
registration: 281-486-2142).
- March 10-12, 2003 -
Radar Meteor Workshop, Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico. Registration deadline
has passed (Oct 30, 2002). Abstract deadline has passed (Dec 01, 2002). Contact:
Diego Janches.
- Jan 06-09, 2003 - 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, USA.
- Jan 05-09, 2003 - 201st Meeting of the AAS, Washington State
Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2002:
- October 10-19, 2002 - 34th
Cospar Scientific Assembly/The second world space congress, Houston, Texas.
Leonid Special session - abstract deadline May 01, 2002. Contact:
Peter Jenniskens or
John Plane.
- July 29-August 02, 2002 -
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2002. Berlin, Germany. Contact ACM2002,
J. Benkhoff (LOC).
- July 21-26, 2002 - 65th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society,
University of California, Los Angeles. Abstracts due April 10. Contact:
Paul H. Warren.
- July 8-12, 2002 - Bioastronomy 2002:
Life Among the Stars. Hamilton Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract dedline: Dec. 15, 2001. Contact Carol Oliver.
- June 16-21, 2002 - 2002 CEDAR
Workshop. Radisson Conference Center, Longmont, CO. Contact
Barbara Emery.
- May 02-05, 2002 -
LEONID MAC WORKSHOP. Leonid MAC science meeting.
Tokyo, Japan.
Contact: Peter Jenniskens and Hajime Yano.
- May 1-3, 2002 - NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop.
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000. Contact:
Farid Salama.
- April, 13 2002 -
2002 LEONID MAC WORKSHOP. Open business
meeting. NASA Ames Research Center
Contact: Peter Jenniskens and Hajime Yano.
- April 07-14, 2002 -
SECOND ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE CONFERENCE,
NASA Ames Research Center, CA. - abstract deadline Feb 01, 2002. Contact:
Lynn J. Rothschild
- March 11-15, 2002 -
33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference,
South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center, Houston, Texas.
Abstract deadline Dec 19, 2001. Contact: LPI.
2001:
- December 10-14, 2001 - AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (special Leonids session). Contact:
Peter Jenniskens or
Chet Gardner.
- August 6-11, 2001 - Meteoroids 2001, Kiruna Sweden (special Leonids session). Contact:
Asta Pellinen-Wannberg.
- April 29, 2001 - Leonid MAC working meeting, SETI Institute, CA. Contact: Peter Jenniskens.
- January 2001 - CEDER, Boulder, CO. Special meteor session. Contact: John Mathis.
[Meetings 1998 - 2000]
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