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The 'Arietids' are a strong meteor shower that lasts from May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Arietids, along with the zeta Perseids, are the most intense daylight meteor showers of the year.^[1] The source of the shower is unknown, but scientists suspect that they come from the asteroid 1566 Icarus.^1
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First discovered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England during the summer of 1947, the showers are caused when the Earth passes through a dense portion of two interplanetary meteoroid streams, producing an average of 60 shooting stars each hour, that originate in the sky from the constellation Aries and the constellation Perseus.^[3] However, due to the fact that both constellations are so close to the Sun when these showers reach their peak, the showers are difficult to view with the naked eye.¹ Some of the early meteors are visible in the very early hours of the morning, usually an hour before dawn. ^[4]

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★ Meteor

★ Leonids

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