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Meteor showers, seen at regular and frequent intervals on Earth, are caused by the interaction of meteoroids (that is small dust grains) in a coherent stream, all moving on similar heliocentric orbits, with the atmosphere of the Earth. The formation and dynamical evolution of such streams is discussed and techniques, including numerical integration, for following their evolution is described. In some cases the evolution is very critically dependent on initial conditions and the evolution may be chaotic. In addition to general considerations, some specific streams, all with individual areas of interest, will be discussed.
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Williams, I.P., Wu, Z. (1991). The Dynamics of Meteoroid Streams. In: Roy, A.E. (eds) Predictability, Stability, and Chaos in N-Body Dynamical Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 272. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5997-5_17
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