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The Taurids are an annual meteor shower, associated with the comet Encke.The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke, while the Northern Taurids originated from the asteroid 2004 TG 10, possibly a large fragment of Encke due to its similar orbital parameters.
Comae Berenicids [1] [2] (formerly Coma Berenicids, [3] IMO designation: COM; IAU shower number: 20) is a minor meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Coma Berenices. The shower appears from December 12 to December 23 with the estimated maximum around December 16. [4] The radiant at that time is located at α=175°, δ=+18°. [4]
Non-radio observers are faced with a very difficult prospect, because the Beta Taurid radiant is just 10–15 degrees west of the Sun on June 28. [4] [b] These Beta Taurids are the same meteoroid stream as the Taurids (which form a meteor shower in late October). The Earth intersects this stream of debris twice, once in late October and once in ...
The Geminids are active now and will remain so through Dec. 21. The peak activity, however, is forecasted for Thursday, Dec. 12 and Friday, Dec. 13, according to the American Meteor Society .
Meteors will start to be visible around 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. local time, but skywatchers who head out even later — between midnight and 2 a.m. — may be treated to a more impressive sky show.
It's another great weekend to look up. Reaching its peak on Oct. 21, the Orionids meteor shower will bring a glowing show of light and speed. The meteor-studded event has been described by NASA as ...
Alpha Capricornids is a meteor shower that takes place as early as 7 July and continues until around 15 August. [2] The meteor shower was discovered by Hungarian astronomer Miklos von Konkoly-Thege in 1871. [3] This shower has infrequent but relatively bright meteors, with some fireballs. Parent body is comet 169P/NEAT.
The meteor shower was first observed by the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto, Japan in May 1930. The Tau Herculids' average radiant was α=236°, δ=+41°. [ 2 ] Due to orbital perturbations of the meteor streams by Jupiter , 2022 activity will have a radiant of R.A. = 13:56 (209), Decl. = +28 (North-West of the star Arcturus in the constellation ...