Leo minorids
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Meteor shower Leo Minorids |
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|---|---|
| activity | |
| Beginning | October 19th |
| maximum | October 24th |
| The End | October 27 |
| Radian position | |
| RA | 10 h 48 m |
| DE | + 37 ° |
| ZHR | 2 |
| Population index | 3.0 |
| geocentric speed |
62 km / s |
The Leo Minorids are a meteor shower that has a very low activity with a ZHR of only 2 meteors per hour. Its radiant is in the eastern area of the constellation Little Leo , about 3 degrees east of the star β Leonis Minoris. The original body of the current is comet C / 1739 K1 (Zanotti) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2020 , accessed April 16, 2020
- ↑ AVWM - Astronomical Association West Munich (PDF; 1.5 MB)