The Draco meteor shower is coming! Why is this meteor shower named Draco?

In fact, the Draco meteor shower has always existed, and it will appear from June 6th to June 10 every year. It is named the Draco meteor shower because its radiation point is in Draco (actually abandoned).

Recently, there has been a lot of news about the Draco meteor shower, and even many people will watch the magical Draco meteor shower at night. Is the Draco meteor shower a new meteor shower? No, it actually appeared as early as the nineteenth century.

1. The Draco meteor shower is directly named Draco meteor shower because its radiation point is in Draco. I believe many people know its origin and give it a name. Indeed, the Draco meteor shower is scattered from Draco.

If you know the constellations, you will find that you can't seem to hear from Draco now. In fact, Draco is an abandoned constellation. Once Draco did exist in the sky, but it was rarely mentioned with the changes of comets. But every year in June 5438+10, experts will once again pay attention to whether the Draco meteor shower is likely to erupt, and June 5438 +2020 10 just belongs to the outbreak stage, and the natural Draco meteor shower appears.

Second, due to the different eruption periods, there is not much news about the Draco meteor shower in recent years, which is misunderstood as a new meteor shower. In fact, people have mentioned the Draco meteor shower for many years, but there are almost no signs of eruption.

The Draco meteor shower usually erupts every six years. Unfortunately, the chances of meteor showers have decreased in recent years, and people pay little attention to the news of the Draco meteor shower. Moreover, the air pollution is serious now. In fact, it is very difficult to really feel the spectacular Draco meteor shower. As an audience, our biggest possibility is to look at the photos taken by photographers, and we can hardly see the Draco meteor shower ourselves.

The Draco meteor shower, named after its location in Draco, is actually a Jacobian meteor shower.