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Slight rise in the meteor scatter count



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Currently low activity from the Arietid meteor shower



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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. The source of the shower is unknown, but scientists suspect that they come from the asteroid 1566 Icarus, although the orbit also corresponds similarly to 96P/Machholz
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The May Arietids take place between May 4 to June 4. The height of the activity takes place on May 16. The Epsilon showers occur in the daylight. It occurs from April 25 to May 27. The Daytime Arietids take place from May 22 to July 2.
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Daytime Arietids meteor shower peak (in constellation Aries).

ZHR=54.0 
Velocity=37.4km/s (rather rapid)
Radiant:  RA=2.7h/40°  Dec=23.8° (J2000)

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Daytime May Arietids meteor shower in constellation Aries

ZHR=4.0
Velocity=27.5km/s (slow)
Radiant (J2000):  RA=2.5h/37°  Dec=18.1°

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The Arietid meteor shower streams from a point only 30 degrees from the sun, peaks on the 8th June. The best time to look is just before dawn.
This is the strongest daylight meteor shower of the year. The duration extends from May 22 to July 2. The hourly rate is 54 at maximum.
This meteor shower was discovered during 1947, by the Jodrell Bank observatory (England).

Northern Hemisphere
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Southern Hemisphere
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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, although the orbit also corresponds similarly to 96P/Machholz.
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