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RE: Daytime Arietids

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The Arietids are a strong meteor shower that lasts from May 22 to July 2 each year, and peaks on June 7. The Arietids, along with the Zeta Perseids, are the most intense daylight meteor showers of the year.
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Daytime Arietids meteor shower peak in the constellation Aries at 18:00 UT, 7th June, 2014.

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The peak of the Daytime Arietids meteor shower, in constellation Aries, is at 12:00 UT, 7th June, 2013.

ZHR=54.0

Velocity=37.4km/s

The stream is active from the 22nd May to the 2nd July.

Though no one is sure where the Arietids dust comes from, some suspect it's debris from the sungrazing asteroid (1566) Icarus. Most Arietid meteors are invisible because the Sun is up when the shower is most intense.