Arietids
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)
See also: List of meteor showers

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]

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]

References

External links

• Arietids vs Perseids (2022) (radio)