Pegasids
Sign in to saveThe meteor shower of the July Pegasids occurs between July 4 and Aug 8. It is a weak meteor shower that has its maximum around July 11 having a ZHR of only 3 meteors per hour. The meteors have, however, an atmosphere entry speed of about 64 km/s.
Key facts
- Meteor shower.name
- July Pegasids
- Meteor shower.image
- Pegasus constellation map.svg
- Meteor shower.caption
- Celestial map of Pegasus
- Meteor shower.parent
- C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)
- Meteor shower.constellation
- Pegasus
- Meteor shower.month
- July 4 to Aug 8
- Meteor shower.peak
- July 11
- Meteor shower.velocity
- 64.1
- Meteor shower.zhr
- 3
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The meteor shower of the July Pegasids occurs between July 4 and Aug 8. It is a weak meteor shower that has its maximum around July 11 having a ZHR of only 3 meteors per hour. The meteors have, however, an atmosphere entry speed of about 64 km/s.
The Radiant of the Pegasids is in the constellation of Pegasus, around 5 degrees to the west of the star α Pegasi. The origin of this meteor shower is probably the comet C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield). C/1979 Y1 has an orbital period of 308 years, and should return around 2287.