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As of 21-Dec-2024

Ursids

Parent Body: 8P/Tuttle
Radiant Constellation: Ursa Minor (near Kochab)
Radiant RA: 14h 28m
Radiant Dec: +78°
Start Date: 12/17
Peak Date: 12/22
End Date: 12/26
Meteor Velocity: 33 km/s
Hourly Rate: 10
The Ursid meteor shower usually peaks around the December sosltice and ends around December 26. Generally, the Ursids are not so intense, offering perhaps as many as 5-10 meteors per hour in a dark sky. In rare instances, bursts of 100 or more meteors per hour have been observed at times, over the past century. These outbursts appear unrelated to the perihelion dates of comet 8P/Tuttle, the parent body of this meteor shower.