Astronomy:Alpha Ursae Majorids

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Alpha Ursae Majorids
Radiant
ConstellationUrsa Major
Declination+64.6°
Properties
Velocity36 km/s
See also: List of meteor showers

Alpha Ursae Majorids is a meteor shower associated with the constellation Ursa Major.[1] It may be caused by the comet C/1992 W1 (Ohshita).[1][2] Its IAU code is AUM.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hajduková, M.; Neslušan, L. (2020). "The χ-Andromedids and January α-Ursae Majorids: A new and a probable shower associated with Comet C/1992 W1 (Ohshita)". Icarus 351: 113960. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113960. Bibcode2020Icar..35113960H. 
  2. Hajdukova, Maria; Neslušan, Luboš (2021-06-28) (in en). Unknown sibling showers of comets C/1992 W1 (Ohshita) and C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) . https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2021/EPSC2021-214.html. 
  3. Brown, P.; Wong, D. K.; Weryk, R. J.; Wiegert, P. (2010-05-01). "A meteoroid stream survey using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar: II: Identification of minor showers using a 3D wavelet transform" (in en). Icarus 207 (1): 66–81. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.015. ISSN 0019-1035. https://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/research/radar/cmor_pub/cmor2.pdf.