Initial velocities

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Kvík edited this page Jul 16, 2019 · 1 revision

Shower

Currently the only supported method is shower, which is defined by three parameters:

dec, declination of the radiant
ra, right ascension of the radiant
speed, geocentric speed of entering particles

This defines a constant-velocity stream in the equatorial reference frame.

Snippet

# Perseid meteor shower
velocity:
    distribution:              'shower'
    parameters:
        ra:                    43
        dec:                   56
        speed:                 59000