Meteor Showers
27 entries in the Meteor Showers compendium.
Meteor showerMeteor showers are celestial events caused by debris entering Earth's atmosphere.Alpha CapricornidsA meteor shower with bright fireballs and a future major storm.Alpha MonocerotidsA normally weak shower that can produce brief, intense meteor storms.AndromedidsMeteor shower from Biela's Comet, famed for 19th-century storms.Cameras for All-Sky Meteor SurveillanceNASA-sponsored project mapping meteor showers via global video surveillance.CrucidsSouthern Hemisphere meteor showers linked to Halley-type comets.DraconidsA Northern Hemisphere shower known for rare, intense meteor storms.Eta AquariidsMeteor shower from Halley's Comet, peaking around May 5.Gamma NormidsA weak meteor shower active in March near Gamma2 Normae.GeminidsA major meteor shower from an asteroid, not a comet.Helion (meteoroid)A sporadic meteor source near the Sun, observed only by radar.Kappa CygnidsEpisodic meteor shower peaking near August 13 every 7 years.LeonidsFastest annual meteor shower, known for storms every 33 years.LyridsOldest recorded meteor shower, from comet Thatcher's debris.OrionidsAnnual meteor shower from Halley's Comet, peaking in late October.PerseidsProlific meteor shower from comet Swift–Tuttle, visible mid-July to late August.QuadrantidsNarrow peak, faint meteors, rich as Perseids or Geminids.Radiant (meteor shower)The vanishing point of parallel meteor paths in the sky.Southern Delta AquariidsA strong meteor shower peaking in late July.Tau HerculidsA meteor shower from comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, with outbursts in 1930 and 2022.TauridsSlow, long-lasting meteor shower with two branches and Halloween fireballs.Northern TauridsSlow, long-lasting meteor shower from asteroid 2004 TG10.Southern TauridsSlow, long-lasting meteor shower from Comet Encke, peaking in October.UrsidsA narrow December meteor shower linked to comet 8P/Tuttle.VirginidsA complex of meteor showers from Virgo, peaking in spring.C/1983 J1 (Sugano–Saigusa–Fujikawa)Non-periodic comet with fourth closest 20th-century Earth approach.C/1864 N1 (Tempel)First comet with a recorded spectrum, discovered in 1864.
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