List of meteor showers

Table of meteor showers

Note: Dates are accurate for 2015. The dates will 'move' based upon the year in the Leap year cycle. Also, 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 2015)	Peak (as of 2015)	$\lambda (^\circ)$	RA	Dec	Speed (km/s)	ZHR	rating	parent body
Antihelion Source	10 Dec – 10 Sep	multiple		varies	varies	30	4	medium
Quadrantids	28 Dec – 12 Jan	3 Jan	283.16	15	+49	41	120	bright	2003 EH1 ?
Daytime Capri.-Sagitt.	13 Jan – 4 Feb	1 Feb		20	−15	29	7
Alpha Centaurids	28 Jan – 21 Feb	8 Feb	319.2	14	−59	56	6	bright
Theta Centaurids	23 Jan – 12 Mar	10 Feb		15	−44	66	3
Chi Capricornids	29 Jan – 28 Feb	13 Feb		21	−24
Gamma Normids	25 Feb – 22 Mar	14 Mar	354	16	−50	56	6	bright
Kappa Serpentids	1 Apr – 7 Apr	5 Apr		15	+18	46	4
Virginids	22 Mar – 26 Apr	17 Apr		12	+10	20	5
April Piscids	8 Apr – 29 Apr	20 Apr		0	+7
Lyrids	16 Apr – 25 Apr	22 Apr	32.32	18	+34	49	18	bright	C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Pi Puppids	15 Apr – 28 Apr	23 Apr	33.5	7	−45	18	variable	bright	26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Delta Piscids	24 Apr – 24 Apr	24 Apr		1	+12
Eta Aquariids	19 Apr – 28 May	6 May	45.5	23	−1	66	55	bright	1P/Halley
Omega Cetids	5 May – 9 Jun	7 May		1	−7	38	8
Eta Lyrids	3 May – 14 May	8 May	48	19	+44	43	3	medium
Daytime Eps. Arietids	24 Apr – 27 May	9 May		3	+21	23	4
Daytime May Arietids	4 May – 6 Jun	16 May		3	+18	28	4
Omicron Cetids	5 May – 2 Jun	20 May		2	−4
Camelopardalids	23 May - 24 May	24 May		8	+79	19	2
Alpha Scorpiids	21 Apr – 26 May	15 May		16	−29	33	3
South Omega Scorpiids	23 May – 15 Jun	31 May		17	−22	26	5
North Omega Scorpiids	23 May – 15 Jun	31 May		17	−15	23	5
Arietids	22 May – 2 Jul	7 Jun		3	+24	37	54		1566 Icarus ?
Daytime Zeta Perseids	20 May – 5 Jul	9 Jun		4	+23	27	20
June Lyrids	11 Jun – 21 Jun	16 Jun		+44	20	3
South June Aquilids	9 Jun – 2 Jul	16 Jun		19	−5	39	3
Pi Cetids	16 Jun – 4 Jul	26 Jun		2	−12	68	4
June Bootids	22 Jun – 2 Jul	27 Jun	95.7	15	+48	18	variable	bright
Daytime Beta Taurids	5 Jun – 17 Jul	28 Jun		6	+19	31	10
Tau Aquariids	27 Jun – 6 Jul	28 Jun		23	−12	66	7
July Phoenicids	24 Jun – 18 Jul	12 Jul		2	−48	48	4
North Delta Aquariids	15 Jul – 25 Aug	26 Jul		23	0	42	4
Piscis Austrinids	15 Jul – 10 Aug	28 Jul	125	23	−30	35	5	faint
Southern Delta Aquariids	12 Jul – 23 Aug	30 Jul	127	23	−16	41	16	faint
Beta Cassiopeids	3 Jul – 19 Aug	29 Jul		24	59	52	10
Alpha Capricornids	3 Jul – 15 Aug	30 Jul	127	20	−10	23	5	bright
Eta Eridanids	3 Aug – 14 Aug	9 Aug		3	−13	65	6
Perseids	17 Jul – 24 Aug	13 Aug	140	3	+58	59	100	bright	109P/Swift-Tuttle
Kappa Cygnids	3 Aug – 25 Aug	18 Aug	145	19	+59	25	3	medium
Gamma Leonids	14 Aug – 12 Sep	25 Aug		10	+20
Gamma Doradids	27 Aug – 3 Sep	28 Aug		4	−50	42	5
Alpha Aurigids	28 Aug – 5 Sep	1 Sep	158.6	6	+39	66	6	bright
September Epsilon Perseids	5 Sep – 21 Sep	9 Sep	166.7	3	+40	64	5	medium
Daytime Sextantids	9 Sep – 9 Oct	27 Sep		10	0	33	20
Draconids	6 Oct – 10 Oct	8 Oct	195.4	17	+54	20	variable	medium	21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Southern Taurids	10 Sep – 20 Nov	10 Oct	197	2	+9	27	5	bright	Comet Encke
Delta Aurigids	10 Oct – 18 Oct	11 Oct	198	6	+44	64	2	medium
Epsilon Geminids	14 Oct – 27 Oct	18 Oct	205	7	+27	70	3	medium	C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Orionids	2 Oct – 7 Nov	21 Oct	208	6	+16	66	20	bright	1P/Halley
Leo Minorids	19 Oct – 27 Oct	24 Oct	211	11	+37	62	2	medium
Northern Taurids	20 Oct – 10 Dec	12 Nov	230	4	+22	29	5	bright	Comet Encke
Nov. Iota Aurigids	1 Nov – 23 Nov	15 Nov		5	+33	36	8
Leonids	6 Nov – 30 Nov	17 Nov	235.27	10	+22	71	15	bright	55P/Tempel–Tuttle
Alpha Monocerotids	15 Nov – 25 Nov	21 Nov	239.32	8	+1	65	variable	bright
Phoenicids	28 Nov – 9 Dec	6 Dec	254.25	1	−53	18	variable	medium	289P/Blanpain
Puppid-Velids	1 Dec – 15 Dec	multiple	255	8	−45	40	10	medium
Monocerotids	27 Nov – 17 Dec	9 Dec	257	7	+8	42	2	medium	C/1917 F1 (Mellish)
Sigma Hydrids	3 Dec – 15 Dec	12 Dec	260	8	+2	58	3	medium
Geminids	4 Dec – 17 Dec	14 Dec	262.2	7	+33	35	120	medium	3200 Phaethon
Comae Berenicids	12 Dec – 23 Dec	16 Dec	264	12	+18	65	3	medium
Dec. Leonis Minorids	5 Dec – 4 Feb	20 Dec	268	11	+30	64	5	medium
Ursids	17 Dec – 26 Dec	22 Dec	270.7	14	+76	33	10	medium	8P/Tuttle
Zeta Aurigids	14 Dec – 16 Jun	13 Jan		77.5	+39.3	14.2

See also

• Meteor showers

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.

Further reading

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