Template:Short description 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.<ref>Meteor Data Centre, IAU</ref>

Table of meteor showersEdit

Dates are given for 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/2024-meteor-shower-list/ 2024 IMO list at amsmeteors.org</ref> 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 2025)
Solar longitude
°)
RA
(hours)
Dec
(degrees)
Ventry
(km/s)
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Antihelion Source Template:Dts – 20 Sep Template:Hs multiple varies varies 30 4 medium N/A (various comets)
Quadrantids Template:Dts – 12 Jan Template:Dts 283.15 15.3 +49 41 110 bright (196256) 2003 EH1 ?
Gamma Ursae Minorids Template:Dts – 22 Jan Template:Dts 298 15.2 +67 31 3 medium undiscovered (short period)
Alpha Centaurids Template:Dts – 20 Feb Template:Dts 319.2 14.0 −59 58 6 bright undiscovered
Lyrids Template:Dts – 30 Apr Template:Dts 32.32 18.1 +34 49 18 bright C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Pi Puppids Template:Dts – 28 Apr Template:Dts 33.5 7.3 −45 18 variable bright 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup
Eta Aquariids Template:Dts – 28 May Template:Dts 45.5 22.5 −1 66 50 bright 1P/Halley
Eta Lyrids Template:Dts – 14 May Template:Dts 50.0 19.4 +43 43 3 medium C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock)
Daytime Arietids Template:Dts – 24 Jun Template:Dts 76.6 2.9 +24 38 30 medium 1566 Icarus ?
June Bootids Template:Dts – 2 Jul Template:Dts 95.7 14.9 +48 18 variable bright 7P/Pons-Winnecke
July Pegasids Template:Dts – 14 Jul Template:Dts 107.5 22.7 +15 61 5 medium C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)
Piscis Austrinids Template:Dts – 10 Aug Template:Dts 125 22.7 −25 35 5 faint undiscovered (short period,
probably disintegrated)
July Gamma Draconids Template:Dts – 31 Jul Template:Dts 125.3 18.7 +51 27 5 medium
Southern Delta Aquariids Template:Dts – 23 Aug Template:Dts 127 22.7 −16 41 25 bright P/2008 Y12 (SOHO)
Alpha Capricornids Template:Dts – 15 Aug Template:Dts 127 20.5 −10 23 5 bright 169P/NEAT
Eta Eridanids Template:Dts – 19 Aug Template:Dts 135.0 2.7 −11 64 3 medium C/1852 K1 (Chacornac)
Perseids Template:Dts – 24 Aug Template:Dts 140.0 3.2 +58 59 100 bright 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Kappa Cygnids Template:Dts – 28 Aug Template:Dts 144 19.1 +59 23 3 medium undiscovered (possibly
related to 2002 GJ8)
Aurigids Template:Dts – 5 Sep Template:Dts 158.6 6.1 +39 66 6 bright C/1911 N1 (Kiess)
September Epsilon Perseids Template:Dts – 21 Sep Template:Dts 166.7 3.2 +40 64 5 medium undiscovered (moderate period)
Daytime Sextantids Template:Dts – 9 Oct Template:Dts 184.3 10.1 0 32 5 bright (155140) 2005 UD
October Camelopardalids Template:Dts – 6 Oct Template:Dts 192.58 10.9 +79 47 5 bright undiscovered (long period)
October Draconids Template:Dts – 10 Oct Template:Dts 195.4 17.5 +54 20 10 medium 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Epsilon Geminids Template:Dts – 27 Oct Template:Dts 205 6.8 +27 70 3 medium C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Orionids Template:Dts – 7 Nov Template:Dts 208 6.3 +16 66 20 bright 1P/Halley
Leonis Minorids Template:Dts – 27 Oct Template:Dts 211 10.8 +37 62 2 medium C/1739 K1
Southern Taurids Template:Dts – 20 Nov Template:Dts 223 3.5 +15 27 7 bright 2P/Encke
Northern Taurids Template:Dts – 10 Dec Template:Dts 230 3.9 +22 29 5 bright 2004 TG10
Leonids Template:Dts – 30 Nov Template:Dts 235.27 10.1 +22 71 10 bright 55P/Tempel–Tuttle
Alpha Monocerotids Template:Dts – 25 Nov Template:Dts 239.32 7.8 +1 65 variable bright undiscovered (long period)
November Orionids Template:Dts – 6 Dec Template:Dts 246 6.1 +16 44 3 medium undiscovered (moderate period,
probably disintegrated)
Phoenicids Template:Dts – 9 Dec Template:Dts 250.0 1.2 −53 18 variable medium 289P/Blanpain
Puppid-Velids Template:Dts – 15 Dec Template:Hs multiple 255 8.2 −45 40 10 medium undiscovered
Monocerotids Template:Dts – 20 Dec Template:Dts 257 6.7 +8 41 3 medium C/1917 F1 (Mellish)
Sigma Hydrids Template:Dts – 20 Dec Template:Dts 257 8.3 +2 58 7 medium possibly C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)<ref name="CBET5290">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Geminids Template:Dts – 20 Dec Template:Dts 262.2 7.5 +33 35 150 medium 3200 Phaethon
Comae Berenicids Template:Dts – 4 Feb Template:Dts 264 10.5 +30 64 3 medium undiscovered (moderate period)
Ursids Template:Dts – 26 Dec Template:Dts 270.7 14.5 +76 33 10 medium 8P/Tuttle

Table of provisionally named meteor showersEdit

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

Designation Provisional name Provisional code Provisional number Sol
(degrees)
RA
(degrees)
Dec
(degrees)
Vg
(km/s)
M2022-Q2 Febr. omicron-Andromedids FMA 1212 113.7 342.4 +44.0 53.3
M2023-D1 Jan. alpha-Bootids JAB 1213 282.6 218.8 +28.2 58.9
M2023-D2 theta-Dracondis TDR 1214 296.3 235.2 +60.7 32.8
M2023-F1 Aug. nu-Ursae Majorids ANU 1215 239.2 155.8 +59.7 55.0
M2023-F2 chi Delphinids CHD 1216 67.3 311.8 +9.1 63.3
M2023-F3 xi Serpentids XIS 1217 22.1 266.3 -15.9 65.9
M2023-F4 Sep. beta Ursae-Majorids SBU 1218 277.0 164.3 +54.0 48.0
M2023-F5 delta-Leonids DEO 1219 266.1 164.3 +20.5 68.0
M2023-K1 51-Sagittids FSG 1220 54.54 300.3 +17.8 59.7
M2023-O1 nu-Herculids NUH 1221 25.8 270.5 +30.7 48.9
M2023-V1 lambda-Sculptorids LSC 1222 160.0 7.1 -38.8 10.0
M2024-H1 iota-Herculids IHE 1223 37.8 261.1 +47.3 35.6
M2024-N1 psi-Fornacids PFO 1224 102.88 44.26 -38.21 51.6
M2024-P1 nu-Capricornids NUC 1225 139.05 306.65 -11.38 18.3
M2024-R1 September psi-Cassiopeiids SPC 1226 162.10 20.6 +73.5 46.4
M2024-S1 zeta-Ursae Minorids ZUM 1227 181.90 238.27 +77.26 32.0
M2024-U1 theta-Lyrids THL 1228 213.55 288.87 +37.01 13.1

See alsoEdit

SourcesEdit

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, Template:ISBN, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent Comets", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, Template:ISBN.

ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

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