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.[1]

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, and those with negative declinations are best observed from the southern hemisphere.

Name Dates
(as of 2024)		 Peak
(as of 2024)		 Solar longitude
(λ☉°)		 RA
(hours)		 Dec
(degrees)		 Ventry
(km/s)		 ZHR rating parent body[4]
Antihelion Source10 Dec – 20 Sep multiplevariesvaries304mediumN/A (various comets)
Quadrantids28 Dec – 12 Jan4 Jan283.1515.3+4941110bright(196256) 2003 EH1 ?
Gamma Ursae Minorids10 Jan – 22 Jan19 Jan29815.2+67313mediumundiscovered (short period)
Alpha Centaurids31 Jan – 20 Feb9 Feb319.214.0−59586brightundiscovered
Lyrids14 Apr – 30 Apr22 Apr32.3218.1+344918brightC/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Pi Puppids15 Apr – 28 Apr23 Apr33.57.3−4518variablebright26P/Grigg–Skjellerup
Eta Aquariids19 Apr – 28 May5 May45.522.5−16650bright1P/Halley
Eta Lyrids3 May – 14 May10 May50.019.4+43433mediumC/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock)
Daytime Arietids14 May – 24 Jun7 Jun76.62.9+243830medium1566 Icarus ?
June Bootids22 Jun – 2 Jul27 Jun95.714.9+4818variablebright7P/Pons-Winnecke
July Pegasids4 Jul – 14 Jul10 Jul107.522.7+15615mediumC/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)
Piscis Austrinids15 Jul – 10 Aug28 Jul12522.7−25355faintundiscovered (short period,
probably disintegrated)
July Gamma Draconids25 Jul – 31 Jul28 Jul125.318.7+51275medium
Southern Delta Aquariids12 Jul – 23 Aug31 Jul12722.7−164125brightP/2008 Y12 (SOHO)
Alpha Capricornids3 Jul – 15 Aug31 Jul12720.5−10235bright169P/NEAT
Eta Eridanids31 Jul – 19 Aug8 Aug135.02.7−11643medium
Perseids17 Jul – 24 Aug12 Aug140.03.2+5859100bright109P/Swift-Tuttle
Kappa Cygnids3 Aug – 28 Aug17 Aug14419.1+59233mediumundiscovered (possibly
related to 2002 GJ8)
Aurigids28 Aug – 5 Sep31 Aug158.66.1+39666brightC/1911 N1 (Kiess)
September Epsilon Perseids5 Sep – 21 Sep9 Sep166.73.2+40645mediumundiscovered (moderate period)
Daytime Sextantids9 Sep – 9 Oct27 Sep184.310.10325bright(155140) 2005 UD
October Camelopardalids5 Oct – 6 Oct5 Oct192.5810.9+79475brightundiscovered (long period)
Draconids6 Oct – 10 Oct8 Oct195.417.5+542010medium21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Delta Aurigids10 Oct – 18 Oct11 Oct1985.6+44642mediumundiscovered (moderate period)
Epsilon Geminids14 Oct – 27 Oct18 Oct2056.8+27703mediumC/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Orionids2 Oct – 7 Nov21 Oct2086.3+166620bright1P/Halley
Leonis Minorids19 Oct – 27 Oct24 Oct21110.8+37622mediumC/1739 K1
Southern Taurids20 Sep – 20 Nov5 Nov2233.5+15277bright2P/Encke
Northern Taurids20 Oct – 10 Dec12 Nov2303.9+22295bright2004 TG10
Leonids6 Nov – 30 Nov17 Nov235.2710.1+227110bright55P/Tempel–Tuttle
Alpha Monocerotids15 Nov – 25 Nov21 Nov239.327.8+165variablebrightundiscovered (long period)
November Orionids13 Nov – 6 Dec28 Nov2466.1+16443mediumundiscovered (moderate period,
probably disintegrated)
Phoenicids28 Nov – 9 Dec1 Dec250.01.2−5318variablemedium289P/Blanpain
Puppid-Velids1 Dec – 15 Dec multiple2558.2−454010mediumundiscovered
Monocerotids5 Dec – 20 Dec9 Dec2576.7+8413mediumC/1917 F1 (Mellish)
Sigma Hydrids3 Dec – 20 Dec9 Dec2578.3+2587mediumpossibly C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)[5]
Geminids4 Dec – 20 Dec14 Dec262.27.5+3335150medium3200 Phaethon
Comae Berenicids5 Dec – 4 Feb16 Dec26410.5+30643mediumundiscovered (moderate period)
Ursids17 Dec – 26 Dec22 Dec270.714.5+763310medium8P/Tuttle

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.

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