Sky-event preview: The 2009 Lyrid meteor shower - 0 views
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Ernesto Guido on 18 Apr 09The Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 22, and conditions favor a great display.
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Arxiv - The Taurid complex meteor showers and asteroids - 0 views
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The structure of the Taurid meteor complex based on photographic orbits available in the IAU Meteor database is studied.
Arxiv - Orbital Elements of Comet C/1490 Y1 and the Quadrantid shower - 0 views
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The Quadrantid shower, one of the most intense showers, has been observed at the beginning of January each year. However, the origin of the meteors is still unknown. It was Hasegawa (1979) who first suggested comet C/1490 Y1 to be the likely origin of the shower based on the historical records of East Asia.
GEMINIDS 2009 - 0 views
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This weekend, Earth passed through a stream of debris from 3200 Phaethon. In 1983 Whipple identified Phaethon like the parent of Geminid meteor stream. But it has never displayed unambiguous cometary activity. The Geminids provide the most impressive meteor display of any of the annual showers.
Perseids 2010 - 1 views
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The Perseid 2010 peak was expected on the night of August 12-13 between 18h and 07h UT with a ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate) of ~100 meteors per hour.
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