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(meteorobs) Meteor Shower parent bodies
Hiya all
In a recent discussion, probable minor planetary parent bodies for meteor
streams were discussed. Since I'm due to give two lectures on meteor stream
formation here in April I thought I would send you my current list. If
anyone has comments or additions I would be glad to receive them. The list
is compiled from a number of sources.
Meteor Shower Probable Parent Body
delta Leonids mp 1987 SY
delta Pavonids c Grigg Mellish 1907 II
April Lyrids c Thatcher 1861 I
pi Puppids c Grigg Skjellerup 1902 II
eta Aquarids c Halley 1910 II
Daytime Arietids mp 1566 Icarus
June Boötids c Pons Winnecke 1915 III
Sco/Sgr complex c Lexel 1770 II
alpha Capricornids c Honda Mrkos Pajdusakova
Perseids c Swift Tuttle 1862 II
Cygnids c Iras Araki Alcock
alpha Aurigids c Kiess 1911 II
Draconids c Giacobini Zinner 1900 II
epsilon Geminids c Nishikawa Tagamizawa Tago 1987e
Orionids c Halley 1910 II
Taurids c Encke 1977 XI and mp?
Leonids c Tempel Tuttle 1866 I
alpha Monocerotids c Van Gent Peltier Diamana 1944 I
Andromedids c Biela 1852 III
Puppid Velids mp 2102 Tantalus
Pheonicids c Blancplain 1819 IV
Dec Monocerotids c Mellish 1917 I
Geminids mp 3200 Phaethon
Ursids c Tuttle 1790
Bye
Tim