- name
Quadrantids, for the
original and now-obsolete constellation. (196256) 2003 EH1
Qingyang event List of
meteor showers Meteor showers "
Quadrantids"....
- when
large chunks break off a
mostly dormant comet.
Examples are the
Quadrantids and Geminids,
which originated from a
breakup of asteroid-looking objects...
-
hourly rate of the
Quadrantids is
approximately 130
meteors per hour at
their peak; it is also a very
narrow shower. The
Quadrantids are
notoriously difficult...
- to
Comet 96P/Machholz,
which is the
parent of two
meteor streams, the
Quadrantids and the Arietids. Of the
thousands of
known comets, some
exhibit unusual...
- (November 29 to
December 9, with a peak
occurring around 5/6 December), the
Quadrantids (typically a
January shower but can also
start in December), the Sigma...
- Dust
EXperiment (LDEX)
found particle counts peaked during the Geminid,
Quadrantid,
Northern Taurid, and
Omicron Centaurid meteor showers, when the Earth...
-
skies between the still-accepted
constellations Boötes and Draco. The
Quadrantids meteor shower is
named after this
former constellation. 53
Eridani is...
- "rock comet" orbit. This
would make the Geminids,
together with the
Quadrantids, the only
major meteor showers not
originating from a comet. The meteors...
- to exist. It may be the
parent body of the
Quadrantids. 1973 NA is a
possible parent body of the
Quadrantids, a
major meteor shower that
occurs every January...
-
Muralis survived into the 19th
century (when its name was
attached to the
Quadrantid meteor shower), but is now
divided between Boötes and Draco. A list of...
