Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to radiate from a certain point in the sky, known as the radiant, and vary in the speed, frequency and brightness of the meteors. As of January 2024, there are 110 established meteor showers.[1]
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of active meteorshowers. A meteorshower in August 1583 was recorded in the Timbuktu manuscripts. In the modern era, the first great meteor storm was...
are a prolific meteorshower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteors are called the...
The Taurids are an annual meteorshower, associated with the comet Encke. The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern...
The Orionids meteorshower, often shortened to the Orionids, is one of two meteorshowers associated with Halley's Comet. The Orionids are so-called because...
trails of meteoroids cause meteorshowers when Earth encounters them. Old trails are spatially not dense and compose the meteorshower with a few meteors per...
with the Quadrantids, the only major meteorshowers not originating from a comet. The meteors from this shower are slow moving, can be seen in December...
as high as that of two other reliably rich meteorshowers, the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December, yet Quadrantid meteors are not seen as...
activity on or around May 5. Unlike most major annual meteorshowers, there is no sharp peak for this shower, but rather a broad maximum with good rates that...
The June Boötids (shower #170 JBO) are a meteorshower occurring every year between 22 June and 2 July that peaks around June 27. In most years their activity...
the narrow trail of dust and debris left behind by the parent comet in 1959. Kronk, Gary W. "Draconids ("Giacobinids")". MeteorShowers Online. Archived...
the Zeta Perseids, are the most intense daylight meteorshowersof the year. The source of the shower is unknown, but scientists suspect that they come...
Centaurids are a meteorshower in the constellation Centaurus, peaking in early February each year. The average magnitude is around 2.5, with a peak of about three...
MeteorShowers and their Parent Comets. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. doi:10.1017/CBO9781316257104. "2023 MeteorShowerList". American Meteor Society...
The Andromedids meteorshower is associated with Biela's Comet, the showers occurring as Earth passes through old streams left by the comet's tail. The...
approximately 100 meteors an hour that occurred during December 1956. Like other meteorshowers, the Phoenicids get their name from the location of their radiant...
Exploration Meteorshower predictions Archived 2011-07-03 at the Wayback Machine MeteorShowers and Viewing Tips Society for Popular Astronomy – Meteor Section...
Kunashak meteorshowerof 1949, after which scientists recovered about 20 meteorites weighing more than 200 kg (440 lb) in total. The Chelyabinsk meteor is...
Minorids often leading to confusion between the two meteorshowers. "Established meteorshowers". IAU Meteor Data Center. October 11, 2019. Retrieved January...
The Beta Taurids (β–Taurids) are an annual meteorshower belonging to a class of "daytime showers" that peak after sunrise. The Beta Taurids are best observed...
Alpha Capricornids is a meteorshower that takes place as early as 7 July and continues until around 15 August. The meteorshower was discovered by Hungarian...
Aquariids are several meteorshowers whose radiant appears to lie in the constellation Aquarius: Eta Aquariids Kappa Aquariids North Delta Aquariids North...
The Gamma Normids (GNO) are a weak meteorshower, active from March 7 to 23, peaking on March 15. The radiant is located near the star Gamma2 Normae in...
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