| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5487330 | Icarus | 2017 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
We find the most plausible scenario to be that the age and the formation mechanism of the Arietids is consistent with continuous cometary activity of 96P/Machholz over a time interval of â12,000 years. The sun-skirting comet P/1999 J6 suggested by [Sekanina, Z., Chodas, P.W., 2005. Origin of the Marsden and Kracht Groups of Sunskirting 922 Comets. I. Association with Comet 96P/Machholz and Its Interplanetary Complex. ApJS 923 161, 551-586. doi:10.1086/497374.] may contribute to the shower, but the comet break up prior to 950 CE they propose does not reproduce all the characteristics of the observed shower.
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Authors
Abedin Abedin, Paul Wiegert, Petr Pokorný, Peter Brown,