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Using recorded meteor data from NASA CAMS, I built this visualization of the meteor cloud that creates the Quadrantids: https://www.meteorshowers.org/view/Quadr
by typpo 3y ago
Using recorded meteor data from NASA CAMS, I built this visualization of the meteor cloud that creates the Quadrantids: https://www.meteorshowers.org/view/Quadrantids https://www.meteorshowers.org/view/Quadrantids
The Quadrantids are interesting because their source is not obvious, but the most likely one (as noted in the article) is an asteroid with a relatively unusual orbit that is likely an extinct comet.
- finger 3y agoGreat visualization. Thank you for sharing.
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- arwineap 3y agoThis is the first time I'm seeing this data like this, and it's really impressive, thank you Do you know where I can do further reading on why the planes of these meteors are different than the one on our universe?