Aurigids is a
meteor shower
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extr ...
occurring primarily within September.
The comet
Kiess (C/1911 N1)
1788 Kiess, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 July 1952, by the Indiana Asteroid Program at the U.S. Goethe ...
is the source of the material that causes the meteors. The comet's
orbital period
The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object. In astronomy, it usually applies to planets or asteroids orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting planets ...
is stated as approximately 1800 to 2000 years, with showers observed in the years 1935, '86, '94 and 2007 .
α & δ
The Alpha were discovered by
C. Hoffmeister and
A. Teichgraeber, during the night of 31 August 1935.
See also
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Carl Clarence Kiess
Carl Clarence Kiess (October 18, 1887 – October 16, 1967) was an American astronomer. His main contributions was in the study of solar and stellar spectra.
Kiess was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He earned a BA in astronomy from Indiana Uni ...
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Delta Aurigids
Delta Aurigids, or DAU is a minor reliable meteor shower
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic de ...
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List of meteor showers
Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to radiate from a certain point in the sky, known as the radiant, and vary in the speed, frequency and brightness of the meteors. As of November 2019, there are 112 e ...
References
Sources
aurigid.seti16:35 11.10.11
External links
''C Hoffmeister:Meteorstrome-Meteoric-currents''-WorldCat17.41 11:10:11
images
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Chart
Aurigidcount AMES research centre16:35 11.10.11
Meteor showers
September events
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