Aquarids
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Meteor Shower - increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky.
The Eta Aquarids are a meteor shower that occur each year from April 21-May 12, with a maximum on May 5-6. This meteor shower occurs each year as the Earth passes through the orbit of , and icy debris from the burns up as it enters the .
May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower. The Eta Aquarids are a light shower, usually producing about 10 meteors per hour at their peak. The shower's peak usually occurs on May 5 & 6, however viewing should be good on any morning from May 4 - 7.
Eta Aquarids, 1-8 May, Star Region: Eta Aquarii
Delta Aquarids, 15 July-10 August, Star Region: Delta Aquarii
Perseids, 27 July-17 August, Star Region: Eta Perseii
Orionids, 15-25 October, Star Region: Nu Orionis ...
The meteor shower of the March Aquarids belong to the daylight showers. It was first detected 1961 by C. S. Nilsson. With radar methods the shower activity could be traced from March 11th to March 16.
A minor enhancement of alpha-Capricornid Zenith hour rate to about 10 was noted in 1995 by European IMO observers, although the Southern delta-Aquarids were the only one of these streams previously suspected of occasional variability.
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1P/Halley is responsible for two meteor showers, the Eta Aquarids and the Orionids;
8P/Tuttle is the progenitor of the Ursids;
dust from 21P/Giacobini-Zinner rains to Earth during the Draconids; ...
Other showers speculated about are a "Lambda Geminid" shower associated with the Eta Aquarids of Earth (ie both associated with Comet 1P/Halley), a "Beta Canis Major" shower associated with Comet 13P/Olbers, and "Draconids" from 5335 Damocles.[12] ...
It was last seen in 1986 and will be seen next in the year 2061; its period is 76 years. When the Earth passes through Halley's comet's orbit (twice each year), its detritus causes the meteor showers the Eta Aquarids and the Orionids.
 See also: Meteor, Meteor shower, Earth, Comet, Time
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