Venus-intercepting meteoroid streams |
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| Authors: | Martin Beech |
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| Institution: | Campion College, The University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This study is motivated by the possibility of determining the large-body meteoroid flux at the orbit of Venus. Towards this end, we attempt to estimate the times at which enhanced meteoric activity might be observed in the planet's atmosphere. While a number of meteoroid streams are identified as satisfying common Earth and Venus intercept conditions, it is not clear from the Earth-observed data if these streams contain large-body meteoroids. A subset of the Taurid Complex objects may produce fireball-rich meteor showers on Venus. A total of 11 short-period, periodic comets and 46 near-Earth asteroids approach the orbit of Venus to within 0.1 au, and these objects may have associated meteoroid streams. Comets 27P/Crommelin and 7P/Pons–Winnecke are identified as candidate parents to possible periodic meteor showers at the orbit of Venus. |
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| Keywords: | comets: general meteors meteoroids minor planets asteroids planets and satellites: individual: Venus |
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