Pegasids
July Pegasids | ||
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Zenithal hourly rate 3[1] | | |
The
ZHR
of only 3 meteors per hour. The meteors have, however, an atmosphere entry speed of about 64 km/s.
The
constellation of Pegasus, around 5 degrees to the west of the star α Pegasi. The origin of this meteor shower is probably the comet C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield).[2] C/1979 Y1 has an orbital period of 308 years,[3]
and should return around 2287.
For Central Europe, the best time to watch them is the second half of the night, as the radiant reaches at that time a sufficient height over the horizon.
References
- ^ a b c "2023 Meteor Shower List". American Meteor Society (AMS). Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Meteor Data Center". Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ "Small-Body Database Lookup: C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)".