Characterizing the daytime sextantids meteor shower and unveiling the nature of the phaethon-geminid stream complex

Author:

Kipreos Y12,Campbell-Brown Margaret12ORCID,Brown P12,Vida D12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western University , London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada

2. Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, University of Western Ontario , Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada

Abstract

ABSTRACT The Daytime Sextantids meteor shower, part of the Phaethon-Geminid Stream Complex (PGC), is closely related to the Geminids, currently the strongest meteor shower visible at the Earth. The Daytime Sextantids (DSX) share a similar orbit to asteroid 2005 UD, but the nature of the association remains unclear. From optical data we find that DSX meteors ablate similarly to Geminids, suggesting that they are also high density and consistent with a common origin. From radar data we have isolated 19 007 DSX orbits through application of a novel convex hull approach to determine stream membership. We find at the peak the mean semimajor axis is near 1 au, eccentricity is 0.86 and that both decrease as a function of solar longitude. The inclination averages 25 deg at the peak but increases over time. Noticeable DSX activity extends from solar longitude 173–196° with a flux plateau between 186 and 189°. The peak flux is 2 ± 0.05 × 10−3 km−2 hr−1, equivalent to a ZHR of 20. We estimate a true differential mass index for the shower of s = 1.64 ± 0.06 at the time of peak and an average of 1.70 ± 0.07 for days surrounding the peak. The mass of the DSX stream is estimated to be 1016 g, the same order as 2005 UD, suggesting the stream is too massive to have been created by recent meteoroid production from 2005 UD. We propose that the DSX and 2005 UD were created in the same break-up event that created 3200 Phaethon.

Funder

NASA

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Canada Research Chairs

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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