Pi Puppids
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pi-puppids-283-13188770
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Pi Puppids
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The pi Puppids are a meteor shower associated with the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. The meteoroid streams approach the Sun at around 37 km/s and have to overtake Earth that is orbiting the Sun at 30 km/s, resulting in atmospheric entry at a relatively slow 15 km/s. The meteor stream is viewable around April 24 but only in years around the parent comet's perihelion date, the next being in 2023. However, in 1999 the planet Jupiter perturbed the comet's perihelion to beyond Earth's orbit, and it is
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Meteor shower associated with the comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Puppids
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date modified:
2023-11-18T12:45:20Z
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13
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15