Editing Aries (constellation) (section)

==== Meteor showers ====
Aries is home to several [[meteor shower]]s. The [[Daytime Arietid]] meteor shower is one of the strongest meteor showers that occurs during the day, lasting from 22 May to 2 July. It is an annual shower associated with the Marsden group of [[comet]]s that peaks on 7 June with a maximum [[zenithal hourly rate]] of 54 meteors.{{sfn|Jopek, "Daytime Arietids"}}{{sfn|Bakich|1995|p=60}} Its parent body may be the asteroid [[1566 Icarus|Icarus]]. The meteors are sometimes visible before dawn, because the [[radiant (meteor shower)|radiant]] is 32 degrees away from the Sun. They usually appear at a rate of 1–2 per hour as "earthgrazers", meteors that last several seconds and often begin at the horizon. Because most of the Daytime Arietids are not visible to the naked eye, they are observed in the [[radio spectrum]]. This is possible because of the ionized gas they leave in their wake.{{sfn|NASA, "June's Invisible Meteors"}}{{sfn|Jenniskens|2006|pp=427–428}} Other meteor showers radiate from Aries during the day; these include the Daytime Epsilon Arietids and the Northern and Southern Daytime May Arietids.{{sfn|Jopek, "Meteor List"}} The [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]] discovered the Daytime Arietids in 1947 when James Hey and G. S. Stewart adapted the [[Battle of Britain#Control systems|World War II-era radar systems]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-19|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Battle of Britain#Control systems|reason= }} for meteor observations.{{sfn|Jenniskens|2006|pp=427–428}}

The [[Delta Arietids]] are another meteor shower radiating from Aries. Peaking on 9 December with a low peak rate, the shower lasts from 8 December to 14 January, with the highest rates visible from 8 to 14 December. The average Delta Arietid meteor is very slow, with an average velocity of {{convert|13.2|km|mi}} per second. However, this shower sometimes produces bright [[Fireball (meteor)|fireball]]s.{{sfn|Levy|2007|p=122}} This meteor shower has northern and southern components, both of which are likely associated with [[1990 HA]], a [[near-Earth asteroid]].{{sfn|Langbroek|2003}}

The [[Autumn Arietids]] also radiate from Aries. The shower lasts from 7 September to 27 October and peaks on 9 October. Its peak rate is low.{{sfn|Levy|2007|p=119}} The [[Epsilon Arietids]] appear from 12 to 23 October.{{sfn|Staal|1988|pp=36–41}} Other meteor showers radiating from Aries include the October Delta Arietids, [[Daytime Epsilon Arietids]], [[Daytime May Arietids]], [[Sigma Arietids]], [[Nu Arietids]], and [[Beta Arietids]].{{sfn|Jopek, "Meteor List"}} The Sigma Arietids, a class IV meteor shower, are visible from 12 to 19 October, with a maximum zenithal hourly rate of less than two meteors per hour on 19 October.{{sfn|Lunsford, Showers}}