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IAU 123 · NVI
Northern March Virginids
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.
2 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
- 1961/65
- Shower group
- 00050
- Peak solar longitude
- 358 °
- Radiant right ascension
- 185.7 °
- Radiant declination
- 2.3 °
- Right ascension drift
- Not reported
- Declination drift
- Not reported
- Geocentric speed
- 23 km/s
- Semimajor axis
- 1.691 AU
- Perihelion distance
- 0.496 AU
- Eccentricity
- Not reported
- Argument of perihelion
- 282.4 °
- Ascending node
- 358 °
- Inclination
- 3.7 °
- Observed members
- 18
- Technique
- R
- Submitted on
- SD
- Reported parent body
- 1998 SJ70?
Reference: 1) Sekanina, 1973
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
- 00050
- Peak solar longitude
- 353.5 °
- Radiant right ascension
- 174.3 °
- Radiant declination
- 8.7 °
- Right ascension drift
- 0.9 °/day
- Declination drift
- 0.4 °/day
- Geocentric speed
- 23 km/s
- Semimajor axis
- 1.955 AU
- Perihelion distance
- 0.728 AU
- Eccentricity
- Not reported
- Argument of perihelion
- 252.7 °
- Ascending node
- 353.5 °
- Inclination
- 3.7 °
- Observed members
- Not reported
- Technique
- R
- Submitted on
- SD
- Reported parent body
- 1198 SJ70?
Reference: 2) Kronk, 1988
Source: IAU Meteor Data Center (Jenniskens et al. 2020; Hajdukova & Rudawska)