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===Meteor showers=== * The '''Alpha Ursae Majorids''' are a minor meteor shower in the constellation.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Hajduková |first1=M. |last2=Neslušan |first2=L. |year=2020 |title=The χ-Andromedids and January α-Ursae Majorids: A new and a probable shower associated with Comet C/1992 W1 (Ohshita) |journal=Icarus |volume=351 |page=113960 |bibcode=2020Icar..35113960H |doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113960 |s2cid=224889918}}</ref> They may be caused by the comet C/1992 W1 (Ohshita).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hajdukova |first1=Maria |last2=Neslušan |first2=Luboš |date=2021-06-28 |title=Unknown sibling showers of comets C/1992 W1 (Ohshita) and C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) |url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2021/EPSC2021-214.html |journal=[[Europlanet Science Congress 2021]] |doi=10.5194/epsc2021-214 |bibcode=2021EPSC...15..214H |language=en |doi-access=free }}</ref> * The '''[[Kappa Ursae Majorids]]''' are a newly discovered [[meteor shower]], peaking between November 1 and November 10.<ref>{{cite journal |journal = Sky & Telescope |date = September 2012 |last = Jenniskens |first = Peter |page = 23 |title = Mapping Meteoroid Orbits: New Meteor Showers Discovered}}</ref> * The '''October Ursae Majorids''' were discovered in 2006 by Japanese researchers. They may be caused may be a long period comet.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gajdoš |first=Štefan |date=2008-06-01 |title=Search for Past Signs of October Ursae Majorids |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11038-007-9196-9 |journal=Earth, Moon, and Planets |language=en |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=117–123 |doi=10.1007/s11038-007-9196-9 |bibcode=2008EM&P..102..117G |s2cid=123555821 |issn=1573-0794}}</ref> The shower peaks between October 12 and 19.<ref>{{Cite web |title=October Ursa Majorids – Watch the Skies |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/tag/october-ursa-majorids/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=18 October 2011 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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