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Meteoroid Orbits Determined by Southern Hemisphere Radar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D.I. Steel  and
W.J. Baggaley
D.I. Steel
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
W.J. Baggaley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract

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A radar meteor orbit facility of novel design has been developed at the University of Canterbury. Synchronous digital noise averaging,impulse suppression and meteor echo recognition using a microprocessor system, along with high gain antennas, allow a limiting radar magnitude of about +13 to be achieved, making this the most sensitive meteor orbit radar to’ date. An exhaustive survey of faint sporadic meteors will be carried out, along with an investigation of the little-known Southern showers. Since the observatory is ideally located with respect to the Eta Aquarid radiant, a programme of observations during the Comet Halley perihelion epoch is planned.

Type
V. Relationships to Comets and Meteoroids
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 85: Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust , 1985 , pp. 299 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985

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