IAU 106 · API
alpha Pictorids
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.
3 parameter sets returned for this shower. List-page filters do not hide sets here.
Parameter set 0
- MDC status code
- 0
- MDC status
- single shower, working list
- Activity
- annual
- Shower group
- 00000
- Peak solar longitude
- 325.7 °
- Radiant right ascension
- 110.1 °
- Radiant declination
- -65.1 °
- Right ascension drift
- Not reported
- Declination drift
- Not reported
- Geocentric speed
- 30 km/s
- Semimajor axis
- Not reported
- Perihelion distance
- 0.98 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.89
- Argument of perihelion
- 12 °
- Ascending node
- 145.7 °
- Inclination
- 47.2 °
- Observed members
- 3
- Technique
- R
- Submitted on
- SD
- Reported parent body
- Not reported
Reference: 1) Gartrell and Elford, 1975 (Tab. 1, Id. 2.10)
Source: IAU Meteor Data Center (Jenniskens et al. 2020; Hajdukova & Rudawska)
Parameter set 1
- MDC status code
- 0
- MDC status
- single shower, working list
- Activity
- annual
- Shower group
- 00000
- Peak solar longitude
- 325.7 °
- Radiant right ascension
- 98.5 °
- Radiant declination
- -76 °
- Right ascension drift
- Not reported
- Declination drift
- Not reported
- Geocentric speed
- 28.9 km/s
- Semimajor axis
- Not reported
- Perihelion distance
- 0.98 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.67
- Argument of perihelion
- 354 °
- Ascending node
- 145.7 °
- Inclination
- 48.4 °
- Observed members
- 5
- Technique
- R
- Submitted on
- SD
- Reported parent body
- Not reported
Reference: 2) Gartrell and Elford, 1975 (Tab. 1, Id. 2.11)
Source: IAU Meteor Data Center (Jenniskens et al. 2020; Hajdukova & Rudawska)
Parameter set 2
- MDC status code
- 0
- MDC status
- single shower, working list
- Activity
- annual
- Shower group
- 00000
- Peak solar longitude
- 324 °
- Radiant right ascension
- 112.1 °
- Radiant declination
- -64.1 °
- Right ascension drift
- Not reported
- Declination drift
- Not reported
- Geocentric speed
- 31 km/s
- Semimajor axis
- Not reported
- Perihelion distance
- 0.97 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.91
- Argument of perihelion
- 14 °
- Ascending node
- 144 °
- Inclination
- 47.8 °
- Observed members
- 2
- Technique
- R
- Submitted on
- SD
- Reported parent body
- Not reported
Reference: 3) Gartrell and Elford, 1975 (Tab. 26, Id. 2.30)
Source: IAU Meteor Data Center (Jenniskens et al. 2020; Hajdukova & Rudawska)