- Pi Puppids
The Pi Puppids are a
meteor shower associated with thecomet Comet Grigg-Skjellerup 26P.The
meteor stream was viewable aroundApril 23 but only in years around the parent comet'sperihelion date, the last being in2003 . However, as the planet Jupiter has now perturbed the comet's perihelion to beyondEarth 's orbit it is uncertain how strong the shower will be, if at all, at the next opportunity in2008 .The Pi Puppids get their name because their radiant appears to lie in the
constellation Puppis , at aroundRight ascension 112 degrees andDeclination -45 degrees. This made them only visible to southern observers.They were discovered in
1972 and have been observed about every 5 years - at each perihelion passage of the comet - but often at very low rates per hour.External links
* [http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/pi_puppids.html Observing and History of the Pi Puppids]
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