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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 orbit of the comet has a striking similarity with the orbit of the weak December sigma Virginids (#428) meteor shower, which peaks on 20–22 December, but seems to be active from December 1 to January 10. The shower seems to be the same as the epsilon Virginids (#513). The peak zenithal hourly rate is about 1.5 for visual meteors. [4] [5] [6]
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 ...
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 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.
Here are the other meteor showers to anticipate in 2025 and their peak dates, according to the American Meteor Society and EarthSky. Lyrids: April 21-22. Eta Aquariids: May 3-4.
The shower appears from December 12 to December 23 with the estimated maximum around December 16. [4] The radiant at that time is located at α=175°, δ=+18°. [4] The shower's population index is 3.0 with the speed of 65 kilometres per second (40 mi/s). [4] The Comae Berenicids were first detected within the framework of Harvard Radio Meteor ...
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]