A Catalogue of Meteor Showers and Storms in Korean, Japanese, Chinese Histories
We made a robust catalogue of reliable records of meteor showers and storms recorded in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese chronicles. In our new catalogue, there are 35 Korean records, 29 Japanese records, and 93 Chinese records. The temporal frequency distribution of records shows two broad peaks aroun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Space Science Society
2004-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2004/v21n4/OJOOBS_2004_v21n4_529.pdf |
| Summary: | We made a robust catalogue of reliable records of meteor showers and storms recorded in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese chronicles. In our new catalogue, there are 35 Korean records, 29 Japanese records, and 93 Chinese records. The temporal frequency distribution of records shows two broad peaks around the 10th and the 16th centuries. We observed that the peak in the 10th century is mainly contributed by the Perseids, while the peak in the 16th century was mainly contributed by the Leonids. We found that the -Aquarids, the Perseids, the Orionids, and the Leonids have been active during the last two millennia. The oldest record of the -Aquarids is that of BC 687 in China, and the oldest record of the Perseids is that of 36 AD. Contrary to previous investigations, there has been no nodal shift of the -Aquarids and the Orionids, whose mother comet is the Halley's comet. The oldest record of the Leonids is probably that of 288 AD, instead of 902 AD. We also find some evidence on the existence of a possible shower -Draconids. We note that our catalogue will be useful to investigate meteor showers. |
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| ISSN: | 2093-5587 2093-1409 |