The "π-Puppid" meteor shower will be observed at the end of April.
The Department of Astrophysics of the Faculty of Physics of Baku State University (BSU) informed Modern.az about this.
According to the information, the maximum activity of the meteor shower will coincide with April 22-24. Although this meteor stream is mainly better observed in the Southern Hemisphere, it is sometimes visible from lower latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere under favorable conditions.
It was noted that the "π-Puppid" meteor shower occurs as a result of the Earth's encounter with dust particles released by the "26P/Grigg–Skjellerup" comet. This comet has a period of approximately 5 years around the Sun, and during each approach, it releases many tiny particles into space. When the Earth passes through an area dense with these particles, a meteor shower is observed. The most interesting feature of this meteor stream is its instability: while in some years almost no meteors are seen, in some years a sudden increase in activity (outburst) can occur, and dozens of meteors can be observed per hour.
These meteors move at a relatively moderate speed when entering the Earth's atmosphere. Their geocentric speed is approximately 18 km/second. This speed is lower compared to fast meteor showers like the Lyrids, which is why "π-Puppid" meteors can sometimes create slower and longer-appearing trails.
