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Table of meteor showers
Note: Dates are accurate for 2009 only.[1]
| Name | Dates | Peak dates | Right ascension | Declination | Speed (km/s) | ZHR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadrantids | 1 January-5 January | 3 January | 15:20 | +49 | 41 | 120 | Strong |
| Gamma Velids | 1 January-15 January | 5 January | 08:20 | -47 | 35 | 2 | Weak |
| Alpha Crucids | 6 January-28 January | 15 January | 12:48 | -63 | 50 | 3 | Weak |
| Delta Cancrids | 1 January-31 January | 17 January | 08:40 | +20 | 28 | 4 | Medium |
| Alpha Hydrids | 5 January-14 February | 19 January | 08:52 | -11 | 44 | 2 | Weak |
| Eta Carinids | 14 January-27 January | 21 January | 10:40 | -59 | 2 | Weak | |
| Alpha Carinids | 24 January-9 February | 30 January | 06:20 | -54 | 25 | 2 | Weak |
| Delta Velids | 22 January-21 February | 5 February | 08:44 | -52 | 35 | 1 | Weak |
| Alpha Centaurids | 28 January-21 February | 7 February | 14:00 | -59 | 56 | 6 | Medium |
| Omicron Centaurids | 31 January-19 February | 11 February | 11:48 | -56 | 51 | 2 | Weak |
| Theta Centaurids | 23 January-12 March | 21 February | 14:00 | -41 | 60 | 4 | Weak |
| February Leonids | 1 February-28 February | several | 11:00 | +06 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Leonids | 15 February-10 March | 24 February | 11:12 | +16 | 23 | 2 | Medium |
| Gamma Normids | 25 February-22 March | 13 March | 16:36 | -51 | 56 | 8 | Medium |
| Virginids | 1 March-15 April | several | 13:00 | -04 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Pavonids | 11 March-16 April | 30 March | 13:00 | -65 | 31 | 5 | Weak |
| Librids | 15 April-30 April | several | 15:12 | -18 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| Lyrids | 15 April-28 April | 22 April | 18:04 | +34 | 49 | 15 | Strong |
| Pi Puppids | 15 April-28 April | 23 April | 07:20 | -45 | 18 | variable | Irregular |
| Alpha Bootids | 14 April-12 May | 28 April | 14:32 | +19 | 20 | 2 | Weak |
| Mu Virginids | 1 April-12 May | 29 April | 15:08 | -07 | 30 | 2 | Weak |
| Omega Capricornids | 19 April-15 May | 2 May | 21:00 | -22 | 50 | 2 | Weak |
| Eta Aquariids | 19 April-28 May | 6 May | 22:32 | -01 | 66 | 60 | Strong |
| Alpha Scorpiids | 1 May-31 May | 16 May | 16:12 | -21 | 35 | 5 | Medium |
| Beta Corona Austrinids | 23 April-30 May | 16 May | 18:56 | -40 | 45 | 3 | Weak |
| Omega Scorpiids | 23 May-15 June | 2 June | 15:56 | -20 | 21 | 5 | Weak |
| Arietids | 22 May-2 July | 7 June | 02:56 | +24 | 38 | 54 | Strong |
| Sagittarids | 1 June-15 July | 19 June | 18:16 | -23 | 30 | 5 | Medium |
| June Lyrids [2] | 10 June-21 June | 15 June | 18:20 | +35 | variable (max 1.3-3.5) | Irregular | |
| Tau Cetids | 18 June-4 July | 27 June | 01:36 | -12 | 66 | 4 | Weak |
| June Bootids | 28 June-28 June | 28 June | 14:36 | +49 | 14 | variable | Irregular |
| Tau Aquariids | 19 June-5 July | 28 June | 22:48 | -12 | 63 | 7 | Weak |
| Theta Ophiuchids | 4 June-15 July | 29 June | 16:36 | -15 | 29 | 2 | Weak |
| July Pegasids | 7 July-13 July | 10 July | 22:40 | +15 | 70 | 3 | Medium |
| July Phoenicids | 10 July-16 July | 13 July | 02:08 | -48 | 47 | variable | Irregular |
| Alpha Cygnids | 11 July-30 July | 18 July | 20:20 | +47 | 37 | 2 | Weak |
| Sigma Capricornids | 15 July-11 August | 20 July | 20:28 | -15 | 30 | 5 | Weak |
| Piscis Austrinids | 15 July-10 August | 28 July | 22:44 | -30 | 35 | 5 | Medium |
| Southern Delta Aquariids | 12 July-19 August | 28 July | 22:36 | -16 | 41 | 20 | Strong |
| Alpha Capricornids | 3 July-15 August | 30 July | 20:28 | -10 | 23 | 4 | Medium |
| Southern Iota Aquariids | 25 July-15 August | 4 August | 22:16 | -15 | 34 | 2 | Medium |
| Northern Delta Aquariids | 15 July-25 August | 8 August | 22:20 | -05 | 42 | 4 | Medium |
| Perseids | 17 July-24 August | 12 August | 03:04 | +58 | 59 | 90 | Strong |
| Kappa Cygnids | 3 August-25 August | 17 August | 19:04 | +59 | 25 | 3 | Medium |
| Northern Iota Aquariids | 11 August-31 August | 20 August | 21:48 | -06 | 31 | 3 | Medium |
| Pi Eridanids | 20 August-5 September | 25 August | 03:28 | -15 | 59 | 4 | Weak |
| Gamma Doradids | 19 August-6 September | 28 August | 04:36 | -50 | 41 | 5 | Weak |
| Alpha Aurigids | 25 August-8 September | 1 September | 05:36 | +42 | 66 | 7 | Medium |
| September Perseids | 5 September-10 October | 8 September | 04:00 | +47 | 64 | 6 | Medium |
| Aries-triangulids | 9 September-16 September | 12 September | 02:00 | +29 | 35 | 3 | Weak |
| Piscids | 1 September-30 September | 20 September | 00:32 | +00 | 26 | 3 | Medium |
| Kappa Aquariids | 8 September-30 September | 20 September | 22:36 | -02 | 16 | 3 | Weak |
| October Arietids | 1 October-31 October | 8 October | 02:08 | +08 | 28 | 5 | Medium |
| Giacobinids | 6 October-10 October | 8 October | 17:28 | +54 | 20 | variable | Irregular |
| Delta Aurigids | 22 September-23 October | 10 October | 05:40 | +52 | 64 | 6 | Medium |
| Epsilon Geminids | 14 October-27 October | 18 October | 06:56 | +27 | 71 | 2 | Medium |
| Orionids | 2 October-7 November | 21 October | 06:20 | +16 | 66 | 20 | Strong |
| Leo Minorids | 21 October-23 October | 22 October | 10:48 | +37 | 62 | 2 | Weak |
| Southern Taurids | 1 November-25 November | 5 November | 03:28 | +13 | 27 | 5 | Medium |
| Delta Eridanids | 6 November-29 November | 10 November | 03:52 | -09 | 31 | 2 | Weak |
| Northern Taurids | 1 November-25 November | 12 November | 03:52 | +22 | 29 | 5 | Medium |
| Zeta Puppids | 2 November-20 December | 13 November | 07:48 | -42 | 41 | 3 | Weak |
| Leonids | 14 November-21 November | 17 November | 10:12 | +22 | 71 | variable | Irregular |
| Alpha Monocerotids | 15 November-25 November | 21 November | 07:20 | +03 | 60 | variable | Irregular |
| Chi Orionids | 25 November-31 December | 2 December | 05:28 | +23 | 28 | 3 | Medium |
| Phoenicids | 28 November-9 December | 6 December | 01:12 | -53 | 18 | variable | Irregular |
| Monocerotids | 27 November-17 December | 9 December | 06:48 | +08 | 43 | 3 | Medium |
| Sigma Hydrids | 3 December-15 December | 12 December | 08:28 | +02 | 58 | 2 | Medium |
| Puppid-velids | 2 December-16 December | 12 December | 09:00 | -46 | 40 | 4 | Medium |
| Geminids | 7 December-17 December | 14 December | 07:28 | +33 | 35 | 120 | Strong |
| Coma Berenicids | 12 December-23 January | 20 December | 11:40 | +25 | 65 | 5 | Medium |
| Ursids | 17 December-26 December | 22 December | 14:28 | +76 | 33 | 10 | Strong |
Note
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 Kronk's book, Meteor Showers': A Description Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jennisken's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent Comets", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, ISBN 13-978-0-521-85349-1.
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