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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 peak of the Orionid meteor shower is Oct. 21, per NASA. This year, NASA's Watch the Skies blog writes that they can be best viewed on the mornings of Sunday, Oct. 20, and Monday, Oct. 21.
It's another great weekend to look up. Reaching its peak on Oct. 21, the Orionids meteor shower will bring a glowing show of light and speed. The meteor-studded event has been described by NASA as ...
October 21, 2023 at 1:53 PM NASA said peak viewing conditions for the Orionids meteor shower will be Saturday, Oct. 21. The 2023 Orionid meteor shower will peak this weekend.
Aurigids is a meteor shower occurring primarily within September. [2] The comet Kiess (C/1911 N1) is the source of the material that causes the meteors. The comet's orbital period is approximately 2000 to 2100 years, [3] with showers observed in the years 1935, '86, '94 and 2007 . [4] [5]
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.
The early-October event brings only about 10 meteors per hour, but it is an oddity, as it peaks in the evening hours rather than late at night like many other meteor showers, according to EarthSky ...
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.