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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2004.21.1.039

CATALOGUE OF METEOR SHOWERS AND STORMS IN KOREAN HISTORY  

Ahn, Sang-Hyeon (School of Physics, Korea Institute of Advanced Study)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.21, no.1, 2004 , pp. 39-72 More about this Journal
Abstract
We present a more complete and accurate catalogue of astronomical records far meteor showers and meteor storms appeared in primary official Korean history books, such as Samguk-sagi, Koryo-sa, Seungjeongwon-ilgi, and Chosen-Wangjo-Sillok. So far the catalogue made by Imoto and Hasegawa in 1958 has been widely used in the international astryonomical society. The catalogue is based on a report by Sekiguchi in 1917 that is mainly based on secondary history books. We observed that the catalogue has a number of errors in either dates or sources of the records. We have thoroughly checked the primary official history books, instead of the secondary ones, in order to make a corrected and extended catalogue. The catalogue contains 25 records of meteor storms, four records of intense meteor-showers, and five records of usual showers in Korean history. We also find that some of those records seem to correspond to some presently active meteor showers such as the Leonids, the Perseids, and the n -Aquarids-Orionids pair. However, a large number of those records do not correspond to suck present showers. This catalogue we obtained can be useful for various astrophysical studies in the future.
Keywords
meteor shower; meteor storm; historical astronomy;
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