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14 August 2019 at 1:29 pm
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Bill Ward
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Hi,
Phaeton (3200) is indeed interesting. After reading a paper by Rendtel and Ryabova (I’ll dig up the full reference….) which mentioned that we might encounter very recently emitted particles during the Geminids in 2017, I hoped to pick up some significant differences in their spectra. Particularly an excess of sodium. But despite catching 7 good spectra nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
I’m looking forward to what Destiny will reveal….
cheers,
Bill.