Radio Echo Observations of the Geminid Meteor Stream

Abstract

Measurements of radiant coordinates and echo rates from 1952 to 1957 are summarized. A mean radiant of a=113·4°, 3=31·4° at solar longitude 0=260·2°, a small radiant area, and a markedly asymmetrical distribution of meteors across the stream, with a maximum echo rate at 0,=260'8°, all agree with northern hemisphere radio echo observations made between 1949 and 1954.