[HCARC] Fw: [amsat-bb] Meteor Pings at Space Weather Radio

[H. Vordenbaum]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm at comcast.net>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:19 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Meteor Pings at Space Weather Radio


> Hello Everyone,
>
> Here is one "Satellite Short" which would be too late if we waited for the
> weekend ANS news cycle:
>
> + The annual Quadrantid meteor shower will peak on January 4. Fore-
>  casters expect the shower to peak around 07:20 UT (02:20 am EST)
>  on Wednesday morning, January 4. At maximum, as many as 100 meteors
>  per hour could emerge from a radiant near Polaris, the north star.
>  You can listen to the meteor pings on-line. The meteor echoes from
>  the Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas detects a meteor or
>  satellite as it passes over the facility. Follow the link at:
>  http://www.spaceweatherradio.com/
>
> --
> 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> k9jkm at amsat.org
> Editor, AMSAT News Service
>
>
>
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