The 66th AMOTA Meeting

As the first meeting concerning meteor after Leonids, the 66th AMOTA general meeting was held at the Olympic Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on 29th November 1998.
54 participants joined and Leonids related subjects were mainly presented and discussed as below. Because the mass-media suggested the oppotunity of the Meteor Storm, the interesting in publics increased high and high. The topics around the observers were also shown.


1. The Summary Report for the Activity of Leonds 1998.
by Yoshinori KAWAI

2. The Other Topics around Leonids.

1) The Explanation of Two Peaks.

2) Introduction of Observation Data at the Maximum Period. Jordan, Romania and Slovakia.

3) The Bright Fireball and its Persistent Train. Especially about its color.

by Takema HASHIMOTO

3. Observed Data in Leonids by Binocular
by Yasuhiro TONOMURA

4. To Make a Comparison between Giacobinids and Leonids for the Observation 1998.
by Yukihiro OKAYASU

5. The Report of the Great Activity of Giacobinids Observed in the Evening of 8th October 1998 in Japan.
by Yoshinori KAWAI

6. Orionids in October 1998.
by Yoshinori KAWAI

7. Enhanced Activity of N-Taurid Fireballs in 1998.
by Takema HASHIMOTO

8. The Star Chart Producted by Famous Tadataka INO in 18c in Japan.
by Minewo NISHIYAMA

9. The Record of the Meteor Storm in the Daytime Observed in 1868 ?
by Yoshikazu WATANABE

10.The Guidance of Geminids in 1998.
by Yukihiro OKAYASU

11.The Guidance of Quadrantids in 1999.
by Kouji NANIWADA

12.Photo Slide Projection; Leonids 1998, Giacobinids 1998, Quqdrantids 1998, Leonids 1997 and Comet Hale-Bopp.
by Mitsuharu KOMAZAWA

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