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RE: Perseid meteor shower

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This shows the ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate), which is the number of meteors an observer would see under a very dark sky with the radiant of the shower in zenith.
ZHR_max = 29 based on 3245 Perseids reported in 823 intervals, assuming population index r = 2.0

Time (UTC)	Solarlon	nINT	nPER	ZHR		Particle density
2011-07-21 13:52	118.314	3	0	5	±5	5 / 10⁹·km³
2011-07-23 14:24	120.244	11	5	3	±1	3 / 10⁹·km³
2011-07-26 02:43	122.645	14	25	7	±1	7 / 10⁹·km³
2011-07-27 20:57	124.327	31	59	7	±1	7 / 10⁹·km³
2011-07-30 06:12	126.607	68	129	6	±1	6 / 10⁹·km³
2011-07-31 16:36	127.979	65	201	9	±1	9 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-01 23:13	129.199	57	204	13	±1	12 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-02 18:13	129.957	58	202	10	±1	9 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-03 07:46	130.497	61	201	11	±1	10 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-03 23:12	131.113	43	204	13	±1	12 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-04 08:25	131.480	46	203	13	±1	12 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-04 23:28	132.080	37	204	16	±1	15 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-05 10:55	132.538	44	204	14	±1	13 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-05 23:17	133.031	46	214	14	±1	13 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-06 10:11	133.466	54	202	12	±1	11 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-07 00:08	134.023	39	202	16	±1	15 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-07 10:42	134.444	41	201	18	±1	17 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-08 00:28	134.994	38	201	17	±1	16 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-09 00:21	135.947	42	211	20	±1	19 / 10⁹·km³
2011-08-10 19:11	137.658	25	173	29	±2	27 / 10⁹·km³

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