Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The International Union of Astronomers (IAU) added Arids meteor shower into the IAU meteor shower work list on October 1st. Arids meteor showers that can be seen from the southernmost hemisphere from late September to October 7.
The occurrence of the Arids meteor shower because the location of the meteor flakes has just passed by the Earth.
To remember meteor showers generally occur every year at almost the same time period because the location of meteor debris located in outer space passed at the same time as Earth evolved.
But something different happened to the Arids meteor shower which suddenly appeared on Earth this year.
The phenomenon of meteor showers occurs due to debris released by a comet and gathered in outer space in large numbers.
When the Earth passes through the location of the debris, Earth’s gravity attracts the debris which then makes it burn and glow as it enters Earth’s atmosphere. Space.
In the Arids meteor shower, the comet from which the debris originates is Comet 15P/Finlay which is called an uncommon comet. A study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1999, this comet shows no association with any meteor shower.
But this year debris from the comet caught the attention of astronomers. This meteor shower emanates from the constellation Ara which means Altar in Latin. The constellation Ara is in the southern sky between the sky regions of Scorpius, Telescopium, Triangulum Australe, and Norma.
Reported from Inverse, the comet that caused the Ards meteor shower last passed near the Sun on July 14, 2021 and Earth passed through the debris left over from that activity.
In addition, the activity of comet 15P/Finlay near the Sun in 2014 and 2015 also left debris that caused the Ards meteor shower on October 6 and 7.
Arids is said to not be showing a meteor shower like a meteor shower in general.
Prior to the Arids phenomenon in October, experts detected Arids through the Camera for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) meteor monitoring camera in New Zealand on September 28 and 29, respectively.
Then Arids were also detected on the Southern Argentina Orbital Meteor Radar System (SAAMER-OS) in Tieera del Fuego, Argentina on September 29.
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