Perseid meteor i Mælkevejen

Bootides 28. december – 12. januar

Lyrids 16. april –30. april

Eta-Aquarids 19. april – 28. maj

Alpha-Capricornids 3. juli –15. august

Delta-Aquarids 12. juli – 23. august

Persids 17. juli – 24. august

Orionids 2. oktober –7. november

Taurids 20. oktober –10. december

Leonids 6. november – 30. november

Geminids 4. december – 20.december

Ursids 17. december –26.december

 

Shower

Time

Parent object

Quadrantids

early January

The same as the parent object of minor planet 2003 EH1,[28] and Comet C/1490 Y1.[29][30] Comet C/1385 U1 has also been studied as a possible source.[31]

Lyrids

late April

Comet Thatcher

Pi Puppids (periodic)

late April

Comet 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup

Eta Aquariids

early May

Comet 1P/Halley

Arietids

mid-June

Comet 96P/Machholz, Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex[1][32]

Beta Taurids

late June

Comet 2P/Encke

June Bootids (periodic)

late June

Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke

Southern Delta Aquariids

late July

Comet 96P/Machholz, Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex[1][32]

Alpha Capricornids

late July

Comet 169P/NEAT[33]

Perseids

mid-August

Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle

Kappa Cygnids

mid-August

Minor planet 2008 ED69[34]

Aurigids (periodic)

early September

Comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess)[35]

Draconids (periodic)

early October

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Orionids

late October

Comet 1P/Halley

Southern Taurids

early November

Comet 2P/Encke

Northern Taurids

mid-November

Minor planet 2004 TG10 and others[1][36]

Andromedids (periodic)

mid-November

Comet 3D/Biela[37]

Alpha Monocerotids (periodic)

mid-November

unknown[38]

Leonids

mid-November

Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle

Phoenicids (periodic)

early December

Comet 289P/Blanpain[39]

Geminids

mid-December

Minor planet 3200 Phaethon[40]

Ursids

late December

Comet 8P/Tuttle[41]