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RE: Daytime Zeta-Perseids meteor shower

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The daylight Zeta Perseids meteor shower that takes place from about May 20 to July 5.
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Daytime Zeta-Perseids meteor shower peak in the constellation Taurus at 11:00 UT, 9th June, 2013.

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Daytime Zeta-Perseids in the constellation Taurus.

ZHR: 20.0
Velocity: 27.4km/s

The stream is active from the 20th May to the 5th July

Radiant: RA=3.9h/64° Dec=27.5° (J2000)

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The Daytime Zeta-Perseids in the constellation Taurus peaks on the 9th June, 2011.
The meteor shower is active from 20th May to the 5th July

ZHR=20.0
Velocity=27.4km/s
Radiant: RA=4.3h/64° Dec=27.5°

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The zeta Perseids, which peak a week later on June 13, are even more difficult to spot than the Arietids. The radiant of that shower is only 16 degrees from the Sun and less than 5 degrees above the horizon at sunrise on the day of the shower's expected maximum.

This daylight shower occurs during May 20 to July 5.
Maximum activity of 40 meteors/hr is expected on June 13, 2000.
The radiant is at RA=63 deg, dec=+26 deg, in the constellation Perseus.
zeta Perseid meteoroids hit Earth's atmosphere with a velocity of 29 km/s (65,000 mph)

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Daytime Zeta-Perseids meteor shower
(from constellation Taurus)

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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