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  2. List of meteor showers - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Geminids hits peak activity: When, how to watch one of ... - AOL

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    While it is now one of the year's strongest meteor showers, the Geminids didn't start out that way, according to NASA. When the shower first began appearing in the mid-1800s, only 10 to 20 meteors ...

  4. The Leonid meteor shower will peak soon. How to see ... - AOL

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    After the Leonids, there are two meteor showers left in 2024. ... peak Geminids could feature as many as 120 meteor trails per hour whizzing across the night sky, according NASA. The best time to ...

  5. The Ursid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how to ...

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    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 ...

  6. Meteor shower - Wikipedia

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    In most years, the most visible meteor shower is the Perseids, which peak on 12 August of each year at over one meteor per minute. NASA has a tool to calculate how many meteors per hour are visible from one's observing location. The Leonid meteor shower peaks around 17 November of each year. The Leonid shower produces a meteor storm, peaking at ...

  7. Here’s how to watch this year’s brightest meteor shower - AOL

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    The American Meteor Society estimates that the Geminids will produce up to 15 visible meteors per hour. “The moon is going to be full on the 15th, about a day after the peak, so that moonlight ...

  8. Lyrids - Wikipedia

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    The source of the meteor shower are particles of dust shed by the long-period Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. [1] The April Lyrids are the strongest annual shower of meteors from debris of a long-period comet, mainly because as far as other intermediate long-period comets go (200–10,000 years), this one has a relatively short orbital period of ...

  9. November's best meteor shower peaks tonight. Here's how ... - AOL

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    Friday night into Saturday morning will be the best night for viewing the annual Leonids, the last meteor shower before the start of meteorological winter on Dec. 1. A burst of 1999 Leonid meteors ...