Canis-Minorids

{{Short description|Meteor shower}}

The Canis-Minorids, also called the Beta Canis Minorids,{{cite book |last = Jenniskens |first = Peter |title = Meteor Showers and Their Parent Comets|pages=200, 769 |publisher = Cambridge University Press |year = 2006 |isbn = 978-0-521-85349-1}} are a meteor shower that arises near the fifth-magnitude star 11 Canis Minoris. They were discovered in 1964 by Keith Hindley, who investigated their trajectory and proposed a common origin with the comet C/1917 F1 (Mellish).{{Cite journal | last1 = Hindley | first1 = K. B. | last2 = Houlden | first2 = M. A. | doi = 10.1038/2251232a0 | title = The 11 Canis Minorids—A New Meteor Stream Probably Associated with Comet Mellish 1917 I | journal = Nature | volume = 225 | issue = 5239 | pages = 1232–33 | year = 1970 | pmid = 16057004|bibcode = 1970Natur.225.1232H | s2cid = 4170596 }} However, this conclusion has been disputed, as the number of orbits analysed was low and their trajectories too disparate to confirm a link.{{cite journal |title = Meteor Showers of Comet C/1917 F1 Mellish |first1 = P. |last1 = Vereš |first2 = L. |last2 = Kornoš |first3 = J. |last3 = Tóth |year = 2011 |journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume = 412 |issue = 1 |pages = 511–521 |arxiv = 1010.5733 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17923.x |doi-access = free |bibcode = 2011MNRAS.412..511V |s2cid = 119297606 }} They last from 21 to 28 December, tienen su máximo entre el 23 y 25 de febrero .{{cite book|last=Levy|first=David H.|title=David Levy's Guide to Observing Meteor Showers|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location = Cambridge, England|year=2007|page=122 | isbn = 978-0-521-69691-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAr7HMnlPGUC&pg=PA122}}