Quadrantid Meteor Shower Anomaly: 3 Fireballs Sighted in Southern Hemisphere – Extremely Rare

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Quadrantid Meteor Shower Anomaly: 3 Fireballs Sighted in Southern Hemisphere – Extremely Rare
January 4, 2017

The Quadrantid meteor shower is 2017’s first major meteor shower and it peaks tonight.
The display is virtually nonexistent for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. But Franky Lucena shot three rare Quandrantido’ meteors in the southern Hemisphere. Extremely rare!
What does this mean?
I don’t know! But one is sure, it’s extremely rare if not anomalous!
Is the shower bigger than previous year? Did the path of the meteor shower’s parent body shift? Does the parent body disintegrate in larger chunks?
Scientists can you please explain that strange sky phenomenon?
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower Anomaly: 3 Fireballs Sighted in Southern Hemisphere – Extremely Rare Rare-Quadrantid-Meteors-In-The-Southern-Skies-1

3 extremely rare Quadrantid meteors were photographed in the Southern Skies. Frankie Lucena via Spaceweather
These three Quadrantid meteors were confirmed by using the Sonotaco program UfoAnalyzer.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower Anomaly: 3 Fireballs Sighted in Southern Hemisphere – Extremely Rare Rare-Quadrantid-Meteors-In-The-Southern-Skies-2

Frankie Lucena via Spaceweather
All three Quadrantids were in the vicinity of the Southern Cross, which is pretty rare because they tend to favor the northern latitudes.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower Anomaly: 3 Fireballs Sighted in Southern Hemisphere – Extremely Rare Rare-Quadrantid-Meteors-In-The-Southern-Skies-3

Frankie Lucena via Spaceweather
This is a stack of the three Quadrantids that I captured between 08:47:32 and 10:06:57 UTC.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower Anomaly: 3 Fireballs Sighted in Southern Hemisphere – Extremely Rare Rare-Quadrantid-Meteors-In-The-Southern-Skies-4

Frankie Lucena via Spaceweather
What does this mean?

“it’s extremely rare if not anomalous! Is the shower bigger than previous year? Did the path of the meteor shower’s parent body shift? Does the parent body disintegrate in larger chunks? Scientists can you please explain that strange sky phenomenon?”

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Thanks to: http://bendedreality.com

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