Aurigids is a meteor shower occurring primarily within September.

[2] The comet Kiess (C/1911 N1) is the source of the material that causes the meteors.

The comet's orbital period is approximately 2000 to 2100 years,[3] with showers observed in the years 1935, '86, '94 and 2007 .

[4][5] The Alpha were discovered by C. Hoffmeister and A. Teichgraeber, during the night of 31 August 1935.

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