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by typpo 910 days ago
Using recorded meteor data from NASA CAMS, I built this visualization of the meteor cloud that creates the Quadrantids: https://www.meteorshowers.org/view/Quadrantids

The Quadrantids are interesting because their source is not obvious, but the most likely one (as noted in the article) is an asteroid with a relatively unusual orbit that is likely an extinct comet.

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This is the first time I'm seeing this data like this, and it's really impressive, thank you

Do you know where I can do further reading on why the planes of these meteors are different than the one on our universe?

Great visualization. Thank you for sharing.