Comae Berenicids
Celestial map of Coma Berenices
Parent bodyUnknown
Radiant
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension11h 40m -0s
Declination+18° 00′ 00″
Properties
Occurs duringDecember 12 to December 23
Date of peakDecember 16
Velocity65 km/s
Zenithal hourly rate3
See also: List of meteor showers

Comae Berenicids [sic][1][2] (formerly Coma Berenicids,[3] IMO designation: COM; IAU shower number: 20) is a minor meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Coma Berenices. The shower appears from December 12 to December 23 with the estimated maximum around December 16.[4] The radiant at that time is located at α=175°, δ=+18°.[4] The shower's population index is 3.0 with the speed of 65 kilometres per second (40 mi/s).[4]

The Comae Berenicids were first detected within the framework of Harvard Radio Meteor Project. The shower's existence was discovered by Richard Eugene McCrosky and A. Posen in 1959.[5] The Comae Berenicids have an orbit very similar to the December Leo Minorids often leading to confusion between the two meteor showers.

Notes

  1. ^ "Established meteor showers". IAU Meteor Data Center. October 11, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  2. ^ McBeath, Alastair (2008). "2010 Meteor Shower Calendar" (PDF). IMO Info. 2 (9). International Meteor Organization: 12, 22 (tab. 5). Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. ^ McBeath, Alastair (2006). "2007 Meteor Shower Calendar" (PDF). IMO Info. 2 (6). International Meteor Organization: 22, 26 (tab. 5). Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Meteor Shower Calendar". International Meteor Organization. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  5. ^ "Coma Berenicids". Meteor Showers Online. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-11-26.

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