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Science 11 December 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3650, p. 1458
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3650.1458
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Meteors: An Unexpected Increase in 1963

Clifton D. Ellyett 1 and Colin S. L. Keay 1

1 Physics Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Counts of meteors observed by radar from Christchurch, New Zealand, rose unexpectedly by over 100 percent during mid-1963. A similar but smaller increase was also observed in Canada. Diminishing peaks have subsequently appeared at 6-month intervals in the Christchurch meteor counts.


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