Return of Volantid meteor shower, expected to peak on New Year’s Eve
Abstract: The Volantid meteor shower (VOL#758) was discovered on 2015 December 31 by the CAMS...
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Author: Peter Jenniskens
29 Piscids (PIS#1046) meteor shower 2019
Abstract: A new minor shower has been detected in the 2019 orbit data of CAMS. The shower displayed a first outburst during 2019, October 17-18 and a second one in the period 2019 November 11-18. The shower has been added to the...
Read MoreA Carinids (CRN#842) outburst 2020
Abstract: Jenniskens (SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center), T. Hanke (the H.E.S.S. Collaboration), T. Cooper (Astronomical Society of Southern Africa), S. Heathcote (AURA and Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory) and...
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Possible upcoming return of the chi Cygnids in September 2020
By Peter Jenniskens Abstract: In late August 2020, a cluster of meteor radiants was detected by...
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