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The Meteoroid Orbit Facility AMOR: Recent Developments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

Jack W. Baggaley  and
R.G.T. Bennett
Jack W. Baggaley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
R.G.T. Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract

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Some 3 x 105 radar meteoroid orbits have been secured to date by the AMOR, project since its inception in 1990. For many types of study it is important to realize a high angular resolution; for example to probe more incisively meteoroid stream orbital structure in order better to determine the rôle of the various processes controlling stream dynamics. The orbital precision of AMOR has been enhanced by developing a new dual spacing interferometer using single channel phase detection. In addition, a Doppler-sensing facility has been incorporated to record simultaneously data concerning middle atmospheric dynamics allowing better interpretation of the individual echo signals.

Type
II. Meteors
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 150: Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust , 1996 , pp. 65 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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