The Arietids are a strong
meteor shower
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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.
The source of the shower is unknown, but scientists suspect that they come from the asteroid
1566 Icarus
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,
although the orbit also corresponds similarly to
96P/Machholz.
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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.radiant
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has migrated to the constellation Taurus (3h 51m +27) which is the same constellation that the Beta Taurids peak on June 28.[
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References
External links
Arietids vs Perseids (2022)
(radio)
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