The Quadrantids originate from the dust left behind by an asteroid called 2003 EH1 which orbits the Sun once every 5.5 years.<\/p>\n
Meteor showers occur when this dust passes through Earth’s atmosphere at speeds of up to 70km (43 miles) per second. The tiny particles – roughly the size of a grain of sand – vaporise creating visible streaks of light.<\/p>\n
The Quadrantids are known for their active peak which can reach a rate of up to 110-120 meteors per hour, (known as the zenithal hourly rate) for a short, sharp period of just a few hours.<\/p>\n
They are named after the former constellation Quadrans Muralis, where they originate from, which was discovered in 1795 by a French astronomer. <\/p>\n
It was left off the list of recognised modern constellations by the International Astronomical Union in 1922 and is today considered part of the constellation of Bo\u00f6tes.<\/p>\n
To find Bo\u00f6tes, follow the curved handle of the Plough until you reach Arcturus, a bright orange star at its base. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Quadrantids originate from the dust left behind by an asteroid called 2003 EH1 which orbits the Sun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-213317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}