Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1779230 | New Astronomy | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The probability of perception is an indispensable quantity in the visual observation of meteors. Based on the data of a large number of double-counting observations, Koschack and Rendtel derived a table-listed average perception function P(Îm) in 1990 and Wu gave it a fitting analytic function in 2005. In this paper, a fitting of the perception function in the two-dimensional field of view, P(Îm,R), is given. Both the new analytic function and each order of its derivatives have only a monodromy and are very smooth. This analytic function will be more essential and useful than the average function P(Îm) and may be connected to the two-dimensional structure of the human eyes as an imaging system.
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Authors
Guang-jie Wu,