2023
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348137
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A new meteor shower from comet 46P/Wirtanen expected in December 2023

J. Vaubaillon,
Q.-Z. Ye,
A. Egal
et al.

Abstract: Context. Comet 46P/Wirtanen is a near-Earth object (NEO) for which no associated meteor shower has ever been reported. Aims. This study is aimed at improving our understanding of why there has been no observed shower activity for this NEO to date, as well as to consider whether any past activity could be uncovered from the post-prediction results. Methods. The usual dynamic tools for meteoroid streams were used to describe the behavior of the particles ejected by the comet. The resulting modeled meteoroid stre… Show more

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