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IAU 342 · BPI
August Beta Piscids
Measurements from the IAU Meteor Data Center. Each parameter set describes an observation campaign; values and proposed parent bodies may differ between sets.
An activity peak is expressed as solar longitude, not a guaranteed calendar date or observing forecast. Radiant coordinates and orbital elements are reported as supplied by the source. Missing values are not reported; these data do not predict an hourly meteor rate.
1 parameter sets returned for this shower. List-page filters do not hide sets here.
Parameter set 0
- MDC status code
- -2
- MDC status
- shower removed from the MDC lists, but in the future, it can return to the database
- Activity
- 2007/08
- Shower group
- 00000
- Peak solar longitude
- 140 °
- Radiant right ascension
- 346.4 °
- Radiant declination
- 1.4 °
- Right ascension drift
- 0.74 °/day
- Declination drift
- 0.22 °/day
- Geocentric speed
- 38.3 km/s
- Semimajor axis
- Not reported
- Perihelion distance
- Not reported
- Eccentricity
- Not reported
- Argument of perihelion
- Not reported
- Ascending node
- Not reported
- Inclination
- Not reported
- Observed members
- 71
- Technique
- T
- Submitted on
- SD
- Reported parent body
- Not reported
Reference: 1) SonotaCo, 2009
Source: IAU Meteor Data Center (Jenniskens et al. 2020; Hajdukova & Rudawska)