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List of meteor showers
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[edit] Table of meteor showers
| Name | Dates | Peak dates | Right ascension | Declination | Speed (km/s) | ZHR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadrantids | 1 January-5 January | 3 January | 15:20 | +49 | 41 | 120 | Strong |
| Gamma Velids | 1 January-15 January | 5 January | 08:20 | -47 | 35 | 2 | Weak |
| Alpha Crucids | 6 January-28 January | 15 January | 12:48 | -63 | 50 | 3 | Weak |
| Delta Cancrids | 1 January-31 January | 17 January | 08:40 | +20 | 28 | 4 | Medium |
| Alpha Hydrids | 5 January-14 February | 19 January | 08:52 | -11 | 44 | 2 | Weak |
| Eta Carinids | 14 January-27 January | 21 January | 10:40 | -59 | 2 | Weak | |
| Alpha Carinids | 24 January-9 February | 30 January | 06:20 | -54 | 25 | 2 | Weak |
| Delta Velids | 22 January-21 February | 5 February | 08:44 | -52 | 35 | 1 | Weak |
| Alpha Centaurids | 28 January-21 February | 7 February | 14:00 | -59 | 56 | 6 | Medium |
| Omicron Centaurids | 31 January-19 February | 11 February | 11:48 | -56 | 51 | 2 | Weak |
| Theta Centaurids | 23 January-12 March | 21 February | 14:00 | -41 | 60 | 4 | Weak |
| February Leonids | 1 February-28 February | several | 11:00 | +06 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Leonids | 15 February-10 March | 24 February | 11:12 | +16 | 23 | 2 | Medium |
| Gamma Normids | 25 February-22 March | 13 March | 16:36 | -51 | 56 | 8 | Medium |
| Virginids | 1 March-15 April | several | 13:00 | -04 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Pavonids | 11 March-16 April | 30 March | 13:00 | -65 | 31 | 5 | Weak |
| Librids | 15 April-30 April | several | 15:12 | -18 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Lyrids | 15 April-28 April | 22 April | 18:04 | +34 | 49 | 15 | Strong |
| Pi Puppids | 15 April-28 April | 23 April | 07:20 | -45 | 18 | variable | Irregular |
| Alpha Bootids | 14 April-12 May | 28 April | 14:32 | +19 | 20 | 2 | Weak |
| Mu Virginids | 1 April-12 May | 29 April | 15:08 | -07 | 30 | 2 | Weak |
| Omega Capricornids | 19 April-15 May | 2 May | 21:00 | -22 | 50 | 2 | Weak |
| Eta Aquarids | 19 April-28 May | 6 May | 22:32 | -01 | 66 | 60 | Strong |
| Alpha Scorpiids | 1 May-31 May | 16 May | 16:12 | -21 | 35 | 5 | Medium |
| Beta Corona Austrinids | 23 April-30 May | 16 May | 18:56 | -40 | 45 | 3 | Weak |
| Omega Scorpiids | 23 May-15 June | 2 June | 15:56 | -20 | 21 | 5 | Weak |
| Arietids | 22 May-2 July | 7 June | 02:56 | +24 | 38 | 54 | Strong |
| Sagittarids | 1 June-15 July | 19 June | 18:16 | -23 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Tau Cetids | 18 June-4 July | 27 June | 01:36 | -12 | 66 | 4 | Weak |
| June Bootids | 28 June-28 June | 28 June | 14:36 | +49 | 14 | variable | Irregular |
| Tau Aquarids | 19 June-5 July | 28 June | 22:48 | -12 | 63 | 7 | Weak |
| Theta Ophiuchids | 4 June-15 July | 29 June | 16:36 | -15 | 29 | 2 | Weak |
| July Pegasids | 7 July-13 July | 10 July | 22:40 | +15 | 70 | 3 | Medium |
| July Phoenicids | 10 July-16 July | 13 July | 02:08 | -48 | 47 | variable | Irregular |
| Alpha Cygnids | 11 July-30 July | 18 July | 20:20 | +47 | 37 | 2 | Weak |
| Sigma Capricornids | 15 July-11 August | 20 July | 20:28 | -15 | 30 | 5 | Weak |
| Piscis Austrinids | 15 July-10 August | 28 July | 22:44 | -30 | 35 | 5 | Medium |
| South Delta Aquarids | 12 July-19 August | 28 July | 22:36 | -16 | 41 | 20 | Strong |
| Alpha Capricornids | 3 July-15 August | 30 July | 20:28 | -10 | 23 | 4 | Medium |
| South Iota Aquarids | 25 July-15 August | 4 August | 22:16 | -15 | 34 | 2 | Medium |
| North Delta Aquarids | 15 July-25 August | 8 August | 22:20 | -05 | 42 | 4 | Medium |
| Perseids | 17 July-24 August | 12 August | 03:04 | +58 | 59 | 90 | Strong |
| Kappa Cygnids | 3 August-25 August | 17 August | 19:04 | +59 | 25 | 3 | Medium |
| North Iota Aquarids | 11 August-31 August | 20 August | 21:48 | -06 | 31 | 3 | Medium |
| Pi Eridanids | 20 August-5 September | 25 August | 03:28 | -15 | 59 | 4 | Weak |
| Gamma Doradids | 19 August-6 September | 28 August | 04:36 | -50 | 41 | 5 | Weak |
| Alpha Aurigids | 25 August-8 September | 1 September | 05:36 | +42 | 66 | 7 | Medium |
| September Perseids | 5 September-10 October | 8 September | 04:00 | +47 | 64 | 6 | Medium |
| Aries-triangulids | 9 September-16 September | 12 September | 02:00 | +29 | 35 | 3 | Weak |
| Piscids | 1 September-30 September | 20 September | 00:32 | +00 | 26 | 3 | Medium |
| Kappa Aquarids | 8 September-30 September | 20 September | 22:36 | -02 | 16 | 3 | Weak |
| October Arietids | 1 October-31 October | 8 October | 02:08 | +08 | 28 | 5 | Medium |
| Giacobinids | 6 October-10 October | 8 October | 17:28 | +54 | 20 | variable | Irregular |
| Delta Aurigids | 22 September-23 October | 10 October | 05:40 | +52 | 64 | 6 | Medium |
| Epsilon Geminids | 14 October-27 October | 18 October | 06:56 | +27 | 71 | 2 | Medium |
| Orionids | 2 October-7 November | 21 October | 06:20 | +16 | 66 | 20 | Strong |
| Leo Minorids | 21 October-23 October | 22 October | 10:48 | +37 | 62 | 2 | Weak |
| Southern Taurids | 1 November-25 November | 5 November | 03:28 | +13 | 27 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Eridanids | 6 November-29 November | 10 November | 03:52 | -09 | 31 | 2 | Weak |
| Northern Taurids | 1 November-25 November | 12 November | 03:52 | +22 | 29 | 5 | Medium |
| Zeta Puppids | 2 November-20 December | 13 November | 07:48 | -42 | 41 | 3 | Weak |
| Leonids | 14 November-21 November | 17 November | 10:12 | +22 | 71 | variable | Irregular |
| Alpha Monocerotids | 15 November-25 November | 21 November | 07:20 | +03 | 60 | variable | Irregular |
| Chi Orionids | 25 November-31 December | 2 December | 05:28 | +23 | 28 | 3 | Medium |
| Phoenicids | 28 November-9 December | 6 December | 01:12 | -53 | 18 | variable | Irregular |
| Monocerotids | 27 November-17 December | 9 December | 06:48 | +08 | 43 | 3 | Medium |
| Sigma Hydrids | 3 December-15 December | 12 December | 08:28 | +02 | 58 | 2 | Medium |
| Puppid-velids | 2 December-16 December | 12 December | 09:00 | -46 | 40 | 4 | Medium |
| Geminids | 7 December-17 December | 14 December | 07:28 | +33 | 35 | 120 | Strong |
| Coma Berenicids | 12 December-23 January | 20 December | 11:40 | +25 | 65 | 5 | Medium |
| Ursids | 17 December-26 December | 22 December | 14:28 | +76 | 33 | 10 | Strong |
[edit] Note
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 Kronk's book, Meteor Showers': A Description Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jennisken's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent Comets", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, ISBN 13-978-0-521-85349-1.
