Rate data for the year 1997

Description

Visual meteor rate data for the year 1997.

Usage

rate97

Format

A data frame with 9162 observations on the following 34 variables.

IMOcode

factor IMO observer code

sitecode

numeric IMO site code

long

numeric Longitude of the observing site in degrees

EW

factor East (E) or west (W) position from the prime meridian

lat

numeric Latitude of the observing site in degrees

NS

factor North (N) or south (S) position from the equator

day

numeric Day of the month

month

numeric Month of the year

year

numeric Year 1997

start

numeric Beginning of the observing time period

stop

numeric End of the observing time period

sollong

numeric Solar longitude of the middle of observing time period

fovRA

numeric Right ascension of the center of the field of view

fovDEC

numeric Declination of the center of the field of view

Teff

numeric Effective observing time

F

numeric Correction factor for field-of-view obstruction

lmg

numeric Limiting magnitude

SPO

numeric Number of observed sporadics

Shw1

factor Abbreviation of the first shower

N1

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the first shower

Shw2

factor Abbreviation of the second shower

N2

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the second shower

Shw3

factor Abbreviation of the third shower

N3

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the third shower

Shw4

factor Abbreviation of the forth shower

N4

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the forth shower

Shw5

factor Abbreviation of the fifth shower

N5

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the fifth shower

Shw6

factor Abbreviation of the 6th shower

N6

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the 6th shower

Shw7

factor Abbreviation of the 7th shower

N7

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the 7th shower

Shw8

factor Abbreviation of the 8th shower

N8

numeric Number of meteors belonging to the 8th shower

Source

Visual Meteor Database, http://www.imo.net/data/visual

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