December Phi Cassiopeiids

December Phi Cassiopeiids (DPC)
December Phi Cassiopeiids (DPC)
Discovery date	2011
Parent body	Biela's Comet
Radiant
Constellation	Cassiopeia; (near Phi Cassiopeiae)
Right ascension	1h 19m
Declination	+58° 17′
Properties
Occurs during	28 November – 10 December
Date of peak	2 December
Velocity	17 km/s
Zenithal hourly rate	200
	See also: List of meteor showers

Discovery date2011

Parent bodyBiela's Comet

ConstellationCassiopeia
(near Phi Cassiopeiae)

Right ascension1^h 19^m

The December Phi Cassiopeiids are a meteor shower beginning on the 28th of November and lasting until the 10th of December. It is visible from the Northern Hemisphere.

It originated with the 1649 perihelion of Biela's Comet. Activity is centered in eastern Cassiopeia, about one degree away from the star Ruchbach.^[3] It one of multiple meteor showers associated with Biela's Comet, the most famous of them being the Andromedids.^[4]

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Related topics	American Meteor Society Earth-grazing fireball International Meteor Organization Meteor procession North American Meteor Network Population index Radiant Zenithal Hourly Rate
See also List of meteor showers

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