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D. P. Galligan and W. J. Baggaley (2002) announced the discovery of this stream when they analyzed data acquired by the Advanced Meteor Orbit Radar (AMOR) located in Christchurch, New Zealand. They found a meteor stream composed of 327 meteors, which they identified as “Peak 1.” Maximum activity occurred on February 2 (λ = 313.1°) from a radiant at α = 162.1°, δ = −13.3°. The radiant drift was given as α = +0.68°, δ = −0.16, while the geocentric velocity was given as 42.7 km/s.1
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Kronk, G.W. (2014). February Meteor Showers. In: Meteor Showers. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7897-3_3
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