The Eta Aquariids meteor shows is around May 3 this year.
in November...
The Lyrid meteor shower. In 2011 is should be at its best on the nights of April 20 and 21, with a peak of perhaps a dozen or so meteors per hour.
The Eta Aquariids meteor shower takes place from late April to early May, with its peak around May 5-6. Produced by Halley's Comet, this annual meteor shower is known for its fast and bright meteors.
The leonid vandeski (Leonids Meteor Shower) is a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle
a meteor shower
The Leonids meteor shower will be at its peak November 17-18, 2011.
When a meteor shower is in progress, it's visible from the entire night side of the earth. Search "meteor shower" on line for the dates of meteor showers expected in the near future.
October 21, 22 - Orionids Meteor Shower.
That's not how meteor showers work. They don't "hit" specific places; they're visible pretty much everywhere the sky is dark. Tonight (August 13, 2011) is near the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
ive heard that it will be on December 21st 2010
Meteor shower is also known As meteor outburst or meteor storms That may produce more than 1000 meteors per hour most of the meteors are small in size and therefore disintegrate it is cause by the Streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids
The particles in a meteor shower are generally solid, until they smack into the Earth's atmosphere and actually become a "meteor shower". The meteor generally explodes, or vaporizes, or becomes plasma - but there are often still parts of the meteor that remain solid and impact the Earth.