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Table of meteor showers. Dates are given for 2024. [2] [3] The dates will vary from year to year due to the leap year cycle. This list includes showers with radiants in both the northern and southern hemispheres. There is some overlap, but generally showers whose radiants have positive declinations are best seen from the northern hemisphere ...
Leonids. The Leonids ( / ˈliːənɪdz / LEE-ə-nidz) are a prolific annual meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, and are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years. [5] The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to radiate ...
Diagram from 1872. A meteor shower in August 1583 was recorded in the Timbuktu manuscripts. In the modern era, the first great meteor storm was the Leonids of November 1833. . One estimate is a peak rate of over one hundred thousand meteors an hour, but another, done as the storm abated, estimated more than two hundred thousand meteors during the 9 hours of the storm, over the entire region of ...
The meteors radiated from the direction of the star Eta Draconis resulting in the new shower called the February Eta Draconids (FEDs) This was just the first of a long list of newly discovered meteor showers. As of Feb 17, 2021, CAMS has helped establish 92 out of 112 single showers and recognized 323 out of 700 meteor showers in the Working List.
The meteor society keeps an updated list of upcoming large meteor showers, including the peak viewing days and moonlight conditions. The next major meteor shower will be the Perseids, peaking in ...
The Taurids are an annual meteor shower, associated with the comet Encke.The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke, while the Northern Taurids originated from the asteroid 2004 TG 10, possibly a large fragment of Encke due to its similar orbital parameters.
There are two branches of the Delta Aquariid meteor shower, Southern and Northern. The Southern Delta Aquariids are considered a strong shower, with an average meteor observation rate of 15–20 per hour, and a peak zenithal hourly rate of 18. The average radiant is at RA =339°, DEC =−17°. The Northern Delta Aquariids are a weaker shower ...
The Orionids are an annual meteor shower which last approximately one week in late October. In some years, meteors may occur at rates of 50–70 per hour. [ 6][ 7] Orionid outbursts occurred in 585, 930, 1436, 1439, 1465, and 1623. [ 8] The Orionids occur at the ascending node of Halley's comet. The ascending node reached its closest distance ...