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Aurigids is a meteor shower occurring primarily within September.

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Meteor shower.name
Aurigids
Meteor shower.image
Auriga constellation map.svg
Meteor shower.caption
Celestial map of Auriga
Meteor shower.parent
Kiess (C/1911 N1)
Meteor shower.constellation
Auriga
Meteor shower.month
August 26 to September 5
Meteor shower.peak
September 1
Meteor shower.velocity
65
Meteor shower.zhr
6

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66
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time of discovery or invention
1935-08-31
declination
39
right ascension
92
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Aurigids is a meteor shower occurring primarily within September.

The comet Kiess (C/1911 N1) whose orbital period is approximately 2000 to 2100 years, is the source of the material that causes the meteors.

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