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Module 5: Comets, Meteors and Asteroids
Major meteor showers
Shower
Date of Maxima
Hourly Rate
Velocity (km/s)
Quadrantids
January 3
40
40
Lyrids
April 22
15
50
Aquarids
May 4
20
64
Perseids
August 12
50
60
Orionids
October 21
20
66
Taurids
November 4
15
30
Leonids
November 16
15
70
Geminids
December 13
50
35
Ursids
December 22
15
35
The table above identifies the major meteor showers and indicating the date it is best viewed and an approximate hourly rate*.
* Remember hourly rate is the number of meteor (falling stars) you would see in one hour if you were observing from a dark location.
