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October 21, 2024 at 6:06 AM The Orionid meteor shower will peak on the evening of 21 October, 2024, in one of the strongest displays of shooting stars this year (iStock/ Getty Images)
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseids meteor shower peak at Pedernales Falls State Park, on Aug. 12, 2024, in Johnson City, Texas.
The Quadrantid meteor shower — one of the best annual meteor showers — will be peaking overnight from Thursday to Friday, ... according to NASA. ... 2024 at 11:53 AM.
The annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak overnight Friday and into the early hours of Saturday. ... 2024 at 2:17 PM. ... Experts at NASA suggest lying on your back with your feet pointed ...
The Southern Taurids meteor shower will enter its peak on Monday night — and people across the world can ... 2024 at 12:18 PM ... another meteor shower is on its way. NASA reports that the ...
This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...
The last meteor shower of 2024 is expected to peak overnight on Dec. 21 — just in time for the winter holidays. The Ursid meteor shower is active around the same time every year toward the end ...
The asteroid's provisional designation as a minor planet, "2024 YR 4", was assigned by the Minor Planet Center when its discovery was announced on 27 December 2024. [2] 2024 indicates the discovery year, the first letter, "Y", indicates that the asteroid was discovered in the second half-month of December (16 to 31 December) of that year, and "R 4" indicates that it was the 117th provisional ...