The parent of the Quadrantid meteoroid stream

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Feb 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.294..127w&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 294, p. 127

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

18

Quadrantid Meteoroids, Solar System Evolution, Comets, Jupiter (Planet), Solar System

Scientific paper

To date, two suggestions have been made regarding possible parents for the Quadrantid stream, these being Comet 1491 I and Comet 96P/Machholz. The argument in favor of the first named being the parent is because of the general similarity between the orbits around 1491. The argument for Comet 96P/Machholz being the parent is based on the similarity in orbital evolution coupled with a similarity in orbits phase-shifted by 2000 yr. In this paper we suggest that on both counts asteroid 5496 (1973 NA) is more similar to the Quadrantids, and that even if 5496 is not the actual parent in the strict sense that meteoroids are currently being ejected, it is either likely to be a fragment of the parent or the dormant remains of the parent.

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