Tau Herculids
The Tau Herculids are a meteor shower appearing to originate from the star Tau Herculis. The parent comet of the Tau Herculids is Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. This meteor shower occurs from May 19 - June 19, peaking on June 9. The meteor shower was first observed by the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto, Japan in May, 1930. The Tau Herculids' average radiant is α=236°, δ=+41°. On 30–31 May 2022 there may be a notable meteor shower generated by pebble-sized fragments from the 1995 break-up of the parent comet. This would require that fragments have been migrating ahead of the comet for the last 27 years. The parent comet has 69 known fragments and does not come to perihelion until 25 August 2022. On 30 May 2022 comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann will be 1.5 AU from the Sun and 1.4 AU from Earth.
