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Taurids

The Taurids are an annual meteor shower, associated with the comet Encke. The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke, while the Northern Taurids originated from the asteroid 2004 TG10, possibly a large fragment of Encke due to its similar orbital parameters.…

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Constellation
Taurus
Date of peak
Nov 5
Declination
+14.4°
Occurs during
Sep 23 – Dec 8
Parent body
2P/Encke
Right ascension
03h 35m

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Taurids

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Edges38
Triples57
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
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related to Northern and southern segments · 23
Taurids → Astronomers Duncan Steel, Beta Taurids, Bill Napier, December, Due, Earth, Earth's, Essentially, June, June/July, Jupiter, Northern, Northern Taurids, NTA, October, October/November, September, Southern Taurids, STA, The Beta Taurids
related to External links · 13
Taurids → Archived, Maximum, NASAScientific, November, NTA, October, Southern Taurids, STA, Taurid, Taurid Meteor FireballsTaurid Meteors, To Peak MondayFireball Sightings, Wayback MachineNorthern Taurids, ZHR
related to Densities and peaks · 8
Taurids → AD, Earth, Earth's, In, Mars, Northern/Southern, The, The Taurid
related to Appearance · 3
Taurids → If, Moon, Typically
Constellation · 1
Taurids → Taurus
Date of peak · 1
Taurids → Nov 5
Declination · 1
Taurids → +14.4°
Occurs during · 1
Taurids → Sep 23 – Dec 8
Parent body · 1
Taurids → 2P/Encke
Right ascension · 1
Taurids → 03h 35m

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meteor southern northern encke showers taurid comet earth also stream activity fireballs shower impact two october november 000 may material

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TauridsConstellationTaurus1.00infobox
TauridsDate of peakNov 51.00infobox
TauridsDeclination+14.4°1.00infobox
TauridsOccurs duringSep 23 – Dec 81.00infobox
TauridsParent body2P/Encke1.00infobox
TauridsRight ascension03h 35m1.00infobox
TauridsVelocity27.7 km/s1.00infobox
TauridsZenithal hourly rate51.00infobox
the 2212 Hephaistos groupinstance ofA 2021 study by Ignacio Ferrín and Vincenzo Orofino catalogued 88 probable members of the swarm and showed that many0.80text
the 169P/NEAT group exhibit cometary activityinstance ofA 2021 study by Ignacio Ferrín and Vincenzo Orofino catalogued 88 probable members of the swarm and showed that many0.80text
Tauridsrelated to AppearanceTypically0.60section
Tauridsrelated to AppearanceIf0.60section

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