Publication: The Quadrantid meteoroid complex

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Title	The Quadrantid meteoroid complex
Authors/Editors*	P. Wiegert and P. Brown
Where published*	Icarus
How published*	None
Year*	2005
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Abstract	The Quadrantids, one of the more active of the annual meteor showers, is unusual for its strong but brief maximum within a broader background of activity. It is also notable for its recent onset, the first observation having been likely made in 1835. Until recently, no parent with a similar orbit had been observed and previous investigators concluded that the stream was quite old, with the stream