Major Annual Meteor Showers | |||
Shower | Date | Hourly | Parent Comet |
| Quadrantids | January 3 | 40 | ~ |
| Lyrids | April 22 | 15 | Comet Thatcher |
| Eta Aquarids | May 5 | 20 | Comet Halley |
| Delta Aquarids | July 28 | 20 | ~ |
| Perseids | August 12 | 50 | Comet Swift-Tuttle |
| Orionids | October 22 | 25 | Comet Halley |
| Taurids | November 3 | 15 | Comet Encke |
| Leonids | November 17 | 15 | Comet Temple-Tuttle |
| Geminids | December 14 | 50 | Asteroid 3200 Phaethon |
| Ursids | December 23 | 20 | Comet Tuttle |
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