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LARGE METEORS ON MARCH 1 AND 2.—Mr. W. F. Denning, of Bristol, writes:—“On the evening of Tuesday, March i, two large meteors were observed, and on the following night three others were recorded. The most brilliant of them all appeared on March 2, at 10 p.m. It was seen at Bristol, at Dunton Green, Kent, at Holt, Norfolk, and at other places. It was a very fine object, and gave a flash which lit up the sky. Its radiant point was a few degrees east of δ Leonis, and the path of the meteor was over the English Channel approximately from Dieppe, France, towards the Isle of Wight, but reaching only about half that distance. Observations are still coming to i hand, and the real path will be calculated from them. It has been several times pointed out that the first few nights of March are specially distinguished by apparitions of bright meteors, although no periodic shower is known to occur on those dates. There appear, however, to be several fairly active displays in progress, and from the evidence obtained this year we may be enabled to determine their radiant points accurately.”
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 107, 55 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107055a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107055a0