Meteoroids that are members of a meteoroid stream move around the Sun in the mutually similar orbits, and their mean orbit is also similar to the orbit of the parent… Click to show full abstract
Meteoroids that are members of a meteoroid stream move around the Sun in the mutually similar orbits, and their mean orbit is also similar to the orbit of the parent body, at least in the first stage of their dynamical evolution. This similarity enables the identification of the parent body of the stream. We evaluated the similarity of the meteoroid streams’ mean orbits from the IAU MDC database and all known orbits of comets in course to find further, not-yet-known associations between meteor showers and their parent comets. We found 81 new associations and confirmed 84 associations which were discovered by other authors in the past.
Journal Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year Published: 2024
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