Arietids | |
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![]() Appearance of the eastern sky at 5:00 am on June 7, 2000 from a mid-northern latitude observing site. | |
Discovery date | 1947 [1] |
Radiant | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 03h 02m [2] |
Declination | +25° |
Properties | |
Occurs during | May 22 – June 24 [2] |
Date of peak | June 7–8 |
Velocity | 39–41 [3] [2] km/s |
Zenithal hourly rate | 60 (radar)
[1] ~1 (visual) |
The Arietids are a strong meteor shower that lasts from May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Arietids, along with the Zeta Perseids, are the most intense daylight meteor showers of the year. [3] The source of the shower is unknown, but scientists suspect that they come from the asteroid 1566 Icarus, [3] [4] although the orbit also corresponds similarly to 96P/Machholz. [5]
First discovered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England during the summer of 1947, the showers are caused when the Earth passes through a dense portion of two interplanetary meteoroid streams, producing an average of 60 shooting stars each hour, that originate in the sky from the constellation Aries and the constellation Perseus. [1] However, because both constellations are so close to the Sun when these showers reach their peak, the showers are difficult to view with the naked eye. [3] Some of the early meteors are visible in the very early hours of the morning, usually an hour before dawn. [6] The meteors strike Earth's atmosphere at speeds around 39 km/s. [3]
Date | Radiant | Degrees west of the Sun |
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May 18 | 01:48 (027) +21 [7] | 26 (HD 10883) |
May 25 | 02:14 (034) +22 western Aries [8] |
26 (HD 13572) |
June 1 | 02:36 (039) +23 central Aries [9] |
27 (HD 16198) |
June 8 | 03:02 (046) +25 eastern Aries [2] |
28 (HD 18737) |
June 15 | 03:24 (051) +26 [10] | 30 ( 60 Arietis) |
June 22 | 03:51 (058) +27 western Taurus [11] |
30 (HD 283022) |
By June 22 the radiant has migrated to the constellation Taurus (3h 51m +27) which is the same constellation that the Beta Taurids peak on June 28. [11]
Arietids | |
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![]() Appearance of the eastern sky at 5:00 am on June 7, 2000 from a mid-northern latitude observing site. | |
Discovery date | 1947 [1] |
Radiant | |
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 03h 02m [2] |
Declination | +25° |
Properties | |
Occurs during | May 22 – June 24 [2] |
Date of peak | June 7–8 |
Velocity | 39–41 [3] [2] km/s |
Zenithal hourly rate | 60 (radar)
[1] ~1 (visual) |
The Arietids are a strong meteor shower that lasts from May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Arietids, along with the Zeta Perseids, are the most intense daylight meteor showers of the year. [3] The source of the shower is unknown, but scientists suspect that they come from the asteroid 1566 Icarus, [3] [4] although the orbit also corresponds similarly to 96P/Machholz. [5]
First discovered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England during the summer of 1947, the showers are caused when the Earth passes through a dense portion of two interplanetary meteoroid streams, producing an average of 60 shooting stars each hour, that originate in the sky from the constellation Aries and the constellation Perseus. [1] However, because both constellations are so close to the Sun when these showers reach their peak, the showers are difficult to view with the naked eye. [3] Some of the early meteors are visible in the very early hours of the morning, usually an hour before dawn. [6] The meteors strike Earth's atmosphere at speeds around 39 km/s. [3]
Date | Radiant | Degrees west of the Sun |
---|---|---|
May 18 | 01:48 (027) +21 [7] | 26 (HD 10883) |
May 25 | 02:14 (034) +22 western Aries [8] |
26 (HD 13572) |
June 1 | 02:36 (039) +23 central Aries [9] |
27 (HD 16198) |
June 8 | 03:02 (046) +25 eastern Aries [2] |
28 (HD 18737) |
June 15 | 03:24 (051) +26 [10] | 30 ( 60 Arietis) |
June 22 | 03:51 (058) +27 western Taurus [11] |
30 (HD 283022) |
By June 22 the radiant has migrated to the constellation Taurus (3h 51m +27) which is the same constellation that the Beta Taurids peak on June 28. [11]