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Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to radiate from a certain point in the sky, known as the radiant, and vary in the speed, frequency and brightness of the meteors. As of January 2024, there are 110 established meteor showers.[https://www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2022/Roje/roje_lista.php?corobic_roje=1&sort_roje=0 Meteor Data Centre, IAU]

Table of meteor showers

Dates are given for 2024.{{cite web|title=2024 Meteor Shower Calendar|url=https://imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2024.pdf|publisher=International Meteor Organization}}https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/2024-meteor-shower-list/ 2024 IMO list at amsmeteors.org 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, and those with negative declinations are best observed from the southern hemisphere.

class="wikitable sortable"

! width=160|Name

! width=90|Dates
(as of 2024)

! width=40|Peak
(as of 2025)

! width=50|Solar longitude
(λ☉°)

!RA
(hours)

!Dec
(degrees)

!Ventry
(km/s)

!ZHR

!Rating

!Parent body{{cite web|title=Meteor Streams|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?meteor_streams|publisher=NASA}}

Antihelion Source{{dts|10 Dec}} – 20 Sep{{Hs|000000002015-04-01-0000}} multiplevariesvaries304mediumN/A (various comets)
Quadrantids{{dts|28 Dec}} – 12 Jan{{dts|3 Jan}}283.1515.3+4941110bright(196256) 2003 EH1 ?
Gamma Ursae Minorids{{dts|10 Jan}} – 22 Jan{{dts|19 Jan}}29815.2+67313mediumundiscovered (short period)
Alpha Centaurids{{dts|31 Jan}} – 20 Feb{{dts|8 Feb}}319.214.0−59586brightundiscovered
Lyrids{{dts|14 Apr}} – 30 Apr{{dts|23 Apr}}32.3218.1+344918brightC/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Pi Puppids{{dts|15 Apr}} – 28 Apr{{dts|23 Apr}}33.57.3−4518variablebright26P/Grigg–Skjellerup
Eta Aquariids{{dts|19 Apr}} – 28 May{{dts|6 May}}45.522.5−16650bright1P/Halley
Eta Lyrids{{dts|3 May}} – 14 May{{dts|10 May}}50.019.4+43433mediumC/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock)
Daytime Arietids{{dts|14 May}} – 24 Jun{{dts|7 Jun}}76.62.9+243830medium1566 Icarus ?
June Bootids{{dts|22 Jun}} – 2 Jul{{dts|27 Jun}}95.714.9+4818variablebright7P/Pons-Winnecke
July Pegasids{{dts|4 Jul}} – 14 Jul{{dts|10 Jul}}107.522.7+15615mediumC/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)
Piscis Austrinids{{dts|15 Jul}} – 10 Aug{{dts|28 Jul}}12522.7−25355faintundiscovered (short period,
probably disintegrated)
July Gamma Draconids{{dts|25 Jul}} – 31 Jul{{dts|28 Jul}}125.318.7+51275medium
Southern Delta Aquariids{{dts|12 Jul}} – 23 Aug{{dts|31 Jul}}12722.7−164125brightP/2008 Y12 (SOHO)
Alpha Capricornids{{dts|3 Jul}} – 15 Aug{{dts|31 Jul}}12720.5−10235bright169P/NEAT
Eta Eridanids{{dts|31 Jul}} – 19 Aug{{dts|7 Aug}}135.02.7−11643mediumC/1852 K1 (Chacornac)
Perseids{{dts|17 Jul}} – 24 Aug{{dts|12 Aug}}140.03.2+5859100bright109P/Swift-Tuttle
Kappa Cygnids{{dts|3 Aug}} – 28 Aug{{dts|16 Aug}}14419.1+59233mediumundiscovered (possibly
related to 2002 GJ8)
Aurigids{{dts|28 Aug}} – 5 Sep{{dts|1 Sep}}158.66.1+39666brightC/1911 N1 (Kiess)
September Epsilon Perseids{{dts|5 Sep}} – 21 Sep{{dts|9 Sep}}166.73.2+40645mediumundiscovered (moderate period)
Daytime Sextantids{{dts|9 Sep}} – 9 Oct{{dts|27 Sep}}184.310.10325bright(155140) 2005 UD
October Camelopardalids{{dts|5 Oct}} – 6 Oct{{dts|5 Oct}}192.5810.9+79475brightundiscovered (long period)
October Draconids{{dts|6 Oct}} – 10 Oct{{dts|8 Oct}}195.417.5+542010medium21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Epsilon Geminids{{dts|14 Oct}} – 27 Oct{{dts|18 Oct}}2056.8+27703mediumC/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Orionids{{dts|2 Oct}} – 7 Nov{{dts|21 Oct}}2086.3+166620bright1P/Halley
Leonis Minorids{{dts|19 Oct}} – 27 Oct{{dts|24 Oct}}21110.8+37622mediumC/1739 K1
Southern Taurids{{dts|20 Sep}} – 20 Nov{{dts|5 Nov}}2233.5+15277bright2P/Encke
Northern Taurids{{dts|20 Oct}} – 10 Dec{{dts|12 Nov}}2303.9+22295bright2004 TG10
Leonids{{dts|6 Nov}} – 30 Nov{{dts|17 Nov}}235.2710.1+227110bright55P/Tempel–Tuttle
Alpha Monocerotids{{dts|15 Nov}} – 25 Nov{{dts|21 Nov}}239.327.8+165variablebrightundiscovered (long period)
November Orionids{{dts|13 Nov}} – 6 Dec{{dts|28 Nov}}2466.1+16443mediumundiscovered (moderate period,
probably disintegrated)
Phoenicids{{dts|28 Nov}} – 9 Dec{{dts|1 Dec}}250.01.2−5318variablemedium289P/Blanpain
Puppid-Velids{{dts|1 Dec}} – 15 Dec{{Hs|000000002015-12-07-0000}} multiple2558.2−454010mediumundiscovered
Monocerotids{{dts|5 Dec}} – 20 Dec{{dts|9 Dec}}2576.7+8413mediumC/1917 F1 (Mellish)
Sigma Hydrids{{dts|3 Dec}} – 20 Dec{{dts|9 Dec}}2578.3+2587mediumpossibly C/2023 P1 (Nishimura){{cite web

|title=CBET 5290 : COMET C/2023 P1 (NISHIMURA)

|publisher=Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

|date=2023-08-29

|url=http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005200/CBET005290.txt

|accessdate=2023-08-29}}

Geminids{{dts|4 Dec}} – 20 Dec{{dts|14 Dec}}262.27.5+3335150medium3200 Phaethon
Comae Berenicids{{dts|5 Dec}} – 4 Feb{{dts|16 Dec}}26410.5+30643mediumundiscovered (moderate period)
Ursids{{dts|17 Dec}} – 26 Dec{{dts|22 Dec}}270.714.5+763310medium8P/Tuttle

Table of provisionally named meteor showers

This is a list of provisional names proposed by authors for showers that have only received a designation by the IAU Meteor Data Center.

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scope="col" style="width: 50px;" |Designation

! scope="col" style="width: 120px;" |Provisional name

! scope="col" style="width: 40px;" |Provisional code

! scope="col" style="width: 40px;" |Provisional number

!Sol
(degrees)

!RA
(degrees)

!Dec
(degrees)

!Vg
(km/s)

M2022-Q2Febr. omicron-AndromedidsFMA1212113.7342.4+44.053.3
M2023-D1Jan. alpha-BootidsJAB1213282.6218.8+28.258.9
M2023-D2theta-DracondisTDR1214296.3235.2+60.732.8
M2023-F1Aug. nu-Ursae MajoridsANU1215239.2155.8+59.755.0
M2023-F2chi DelphinidsCHD121667.3311.8+9.163.3
M2023-F3xi SerpentidsXIS121722.1266.3-15.965.9
M2023-F4Sep. beta Ursae-MajoridsSBU1218277.0164.3+54.048.0
M2023-F5delta-LeonidsDEO1219266.1164.3+20.568.0
M2023-K151-SagittidsFSG122054.54300.3+17.859.7
M2023-O1nu-HerculidsNUH122125.8270.5+30.748.9
M2023-V1lambda-SculptoridsLSC1222160.07.1-38.810.0
M2024-H1iota-HerculidsIHE122337.8261.1+47.335.6
M2024-N1psi-FornacidsPFO1224102.8844.26-38.2151.6
M2024-P1nu-CapricornidsNUC1225139.05306.65-11.3818.3
M2024-R1September psi-CassiopeiidsSPC1226162.1020.6+73.546.4
M2024-S1zeta-Ursae MinoridsZUM1227181.90238.27+77.2632.0
M2024-U1theta-LyridsTHL1228213.55288.87+37.0113.1

See also

Sources

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 Comets", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, {{ISBN|9780521853491}}.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|author=Gary W. Kronk|author-link=Gary W. Kronk| title=Meteor showers: an annotated catalog | publisher=Springer | date=2014 |edition=2nd |isbn=978-1461478966| doi=10.1007/978-1-4614-7897-3 | series=The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |bibcode=2014mesh.book.....K | url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1626978 }}
  • {{cite web|title=2021 Meteor Shower Calendar|url=https://imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2021.pdf|publisher=International Meteor Organization}}
  • {{cite web|title=2020 Meteor Shower Calendar|url=https://imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2020.pdf|publisher=International Meteor Organization}}
  • {{cite web|title=2019 Meteor Shower Calendar|url=https://imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2019.pdf|publisher=International Meteor Organization}}

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