The Leonid Meteor Shower: Historical Visual Observations

Icarus

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-308

  Brown, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leonids; Meteors; Visual observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000158308     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6074     Document Type: Article

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