Publication: The Core of the Quadrantid Meteoroid Stream is Two Hundred Years Old

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Title	The Core of the Quadrantid Meteoroid Stream is Two Hundred Years Old
Authors/Editors*	P. Wiegert and P. Brown
Where published*	Meteoroids 2004 conference proceedings
How published*	Proceedings
Year*	2005
Volume	0
Number	0
Pages
Publisher	Kluwer
Keywords	asteroids~:~2003~EH1 --- meteors:Quadrantids -- meteor showers
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Abstract	The Quadrantids are one of the most active annual meteor showers and have a number of unusual features. One is a sharp brief maximum, 12-14 hours in length. A second is the Quadrantids relatively recent appearance in our skies, the first observation having likely been made in 1835. Until recently no likely parent with a similar orbit had been observed and previous investigators concluded that the stream was quite old, with the stream