; ; meteoric.rc -- gcal sample resource file ; ; Meteorstr"ome -- Code/Zeitraum/Maximum/Anzahl/Radiant/Geschwindigkeit/Komet ; meteoric showers -- code/interval/maximum/number/radiant/velocity/comet ; ; [Configuration following below] ; ; (C)opyright Claus-Peter R"uckemann, 1996, 1999 ; ; You may use the data provided here on your own risk. ; If you do use the data in any publication, program or product other than ; gcal under GPL, you have to cite where most of the sample data hacked in ; here comes from: ; ; @BOOK{Rueckemann:1999:Astronomie, ; author = {R{\"u}ckemann, C.-P.}, ; title = {Datensammlung zur Astronomie}, ; publisher = {in Vorbereitung, M{\"u}nster}, ; year = {1999}, ; } % =:-) end of commercial for the unpublished ; ; In most cases meteoric showers do not last for long astronomical time ; intervals. Most of the material that we see 'glowing' when watching such ; showers results from the Oort's Cloud. Earlier in the history of the universe ; larger bodies impacted into the Oort's Cloud and set a huge number of ; smaller broken particles and other material free. These smaller bodies do ; carry big amounts of dust in their trail when traveling with through space at ; high speeds. If some of these smaller bodies get near the outer atmosphere ; of the earth the dust particles begin to glow while burning due to the ; heat they produce from the contact with the gases of the atmosphere. ; This way you might get some impression why meteoric showers do tend to ; be not as stable in their occurance when earth is passing their way ; on it's orbit around the sun over the years as one might suggest. ; It is known that the occourance of specific showers will vary in different ; years. It is known that some showers only happen to last for less than an ; hour each year while others do continue for several days. And we know that ; in general meteoric showers did have been much more numerous in earlier times ; of earth's history long ago ... ; ; ; The samples given do include some minor showers and there are a lot other ; minor showers and some other data missing and that most showers are only ; constant in date and brightness every year for about several decades and that ; the weather on earth might make them invisible from earth in some years, ; not to mention that in a specific year your location might not have ; dark night when the maximum occurs ... [many more] ; ; If you have any further corrections, improvements, more detailed or ; more correct data or even donations please contact: ; ruckema@uni-muenster.de ; ; 19991121 CPR Added international 3-letter-codes. ; ;------------------------ Konfiguration / configuration ---------------------- ; Please notice that there are tabstops following some $?=~... entries! ; So use an editor that does not delete the tabs when configuring this file. ; This file is 8 bit -- modify for your codepage if needed. ;....................................german................................... $c=~erzeugender Komet: $d=~internationaler Code: $m=~%1Maximum der Fallhäufigkeit%2 $n=~maximale Anzahl von Objekten: $r=~Lage des Radianten: $s=-Meteorstrom $v=~mittl. Geschw. rel. 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