radiant: Coordinates of radiants of meteor showers

In MetFns: Analysis of Visual Meteor Data

Description

Coordinates of radiants of meteor showers during the year.

Usage

radiant

Format

A data frame with 365 observations on the following 80 variables.

Day

numeric Day of the month

Month

numeric Month of the year

ANT.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Antihelion Source radiant

ANT.Delta

numeric Declination of Antihelion Source radiant

QUA.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Quadrantids radiant

QUA.Delta

numeric Declination of Quadrantids radiant

GUM.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Gamma-Ursae Minorids radiant

GUM.Delta

numeric Declination of Gamma-Ursae Minorids radiant

ACE.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Alpha-Centaurids radiant

ACE.Delta

numeric Declination of Alpha-Centaurids radiant

GNO.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Gamma-Normids radiant

GNO.Delta

numeric Declination of Gamma-Normids radiant

LYR.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Lyrids radiant

LYR.Delta

numeric Declination of Lyrids radiant

PPU.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Pi-Puppids radiant

PPU.Delta

numeric Declination of Pi-Puppids radiant

ETA.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Eta-Aquarids radiant

ETA.Delta

numeric Declination of Eta-Aquarids radiant

ELY.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Eta-Lyrids radiant

ELY.Delta

numeric Declination of Eta-Lyrids radiant

ARI.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Daytime Arietids radiant

ARI.Delta

numeric Declination of Daytime Arietids radiant

JBO.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of June Bootids radiant

JBO.Delta

numeric Declination of June Bootids radiant

PAU.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Piscis Austrinids radiant

PAU.Delta

numeric Declination of Piscis Austrinids radiant

SDA.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Southern Delta-Aquarids radiant

SDA.Delta

numeric Declination of Southern Delta-Aquarids radiant

CAP.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Alpha-Capricornids radiant

CAP.Delta

numeric Declination of Alpha-Capricornids radiant

PER.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Perseids radiant

PER.Delta

numeric Declination of Perseids radiant

KCG.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Kappa-Cygnids radiant

KCG.Delta

numeric Declination of Kappa-Cygnids radiant

AUR.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Aurigids radiant

AUR.Delta

numeric Declination of Aurigids radiant

SPE.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of September Epsilon-Perseids radiant

SPE.Delta

numeric Declination of September Epsilon-Perseids radiant

CCY.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Chi-Cygnids radiant

CCY.Delta

numeric Declination of Chi-Cygnids radiant

DSX.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Daytime Sextantids radiant

DSX.Delta

numeric Declination of Daytime Sextantids radiant

OCT.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of October Camelopardalids radiant

OCT.Delta

numeric Declination of October Camelopardalids radiant

DRA.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Draconids radiant

DRA.Delta

numeric Declination of Draconids radiant

STA.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Southern Taurids radiant

STA.Delta

numeric Declination of Southern Taurids radiant

DAU.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Delta-Aurigids radiant

DAU.Delta

numeric Declination of Delta-Aurigids radiant

EGE.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Epsilon-Geminids radiant

EGE.Delta

numeric Declination of Epsilon-Geminids radiant

ORI.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Orionids radiant

ORI.Delta

numeric Declination of Orionids radiant

LMI.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Leo Minorids radiant

LMI.Delta

numeric Right ascension of Leo Minorids radiant

NTA.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Northern Taurids radiant

NTA.Delta

numeric Declination of Northern Taurids radiant

LEO.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Leonids radiant

LEO.Delta

numeric Declination of Leonids radiant

AMO.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Alpha-Monocerotids radiant

AMO.Delta

numeric Declination of Alpha-Monocerotids radiant

NOO.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of November Orionids radiant

NOO.Delta

numeric Declination of November Orionids radiant

PHO.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Phoenicids radiant

PHO.Delta

numeric Declination of Phoenicids radiant

PUP.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Puppid-Velids radiant

PUP.Delta

numeric Declination of Puppid-Velids radiant

MON.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Monocerotids radiant

MON.Delta

numeric Declination of Monocerotids radiant

HYD.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Sigma-Hydrids radiant

HYD.Delta

numeric Declination of Sigma-Hydrids radiant

GEM.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Geminids radiant

GEM.Delta

numeric Declination of Geminids radiant

COM.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Comae Berenicids radiant

COM.Delta

numeric Declination of Comae Berenicids radiant

DLM.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of December Leonis Minorids radiant

DLM.Delta

numeric Declination of December Leonis Minorids radiant

URS.Alpha

numeric Right ascension of Ursids radiant

URS.Delta

numeric Declination of Ursids radiant

Details

Coordinates of radiants of meteor showers are given on 5-days intervals on IMO site. Natural spline interpolation and extrapolation were used to calculate radiant coordinates for in-between days and outside the given period.

Source

Meteor Shower Calendar, http://www.imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2018.pdf

List of Meteor Showers for MetRec V5.3, http://www.metrec.org/download/metrec53win7/metrec.shw

MetFns documentation built on May 1, 2019, 6:28 p.m.