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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 Leonid meteor shower peaks around 17 November of each year. The Leonid shower produces a meteor storm, peaking at rates of thousands of meteors per hour. Leonid storms gave birth to the term meteor shower when it was first realised that, during the November 1833 storm, the meteors radiated from near the star Gamma Leonis. The last Leonid ...
As of Feb 17, 2021, CAMS has helped establish [7] 92 out of 112 single showers [8] and recognized 323 out of 700 meteor showers in the Working List. 2021: CAMS networks in New Zealand and Chile detected a predicted outburst of meteors from comet 15P/Finlay on September 27–30, the first time meteors were seen from this comet and the new shower ...
The years 2020 and 2021 fit in that sequence. The shower is known for occasional bright fireballs with multiple flares. The minor planet 2008 ED69 has the appropriate orbital parameters to explain the Kappa Cygnids shower. As the meteor stream has more combined mass than 2008 ED69, the two may have originated during the fragmentation of a ...
Pages in category "Meteor showers" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Delta Aurigids, or DAU is a minor reliable meteor shower that takes place from October 10 to 18. The peak of the shower is on October 11, with two meteors per hour. The peak of the shower is on October 11, with two meteors per hour.
Radiant point of the April Lyrid meteor shower, active each year around April 22. The April Lyrids are a meteor shower lasting from about April 15 to April 29 each year. The radiant of the meteor shower is located near the constellations Lyra and Hercules, near the bright star Vega. The peak of the shower is typically around April 22–23 each ...
The bright Perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year. Spectators can expect to see the greatest number of meteors during the shower's peak on the morning of August 12 ...