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  2. The last meteor shower of 2023 will peak tonight. Here’s how ...

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    The last annual meteor shower of 2023 will peak on Friday, with a chance for sky-gazers to see five to 10 meteors per hour. The last meteor shower of 2023 will peak tonight. Here’s how to watch

  3. List of meteor showers - Wikipedia

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    Table of meteor showers. Dates are given for 2024. [2] [3] The dates will vary from year to year due to the leap year cycle. This list includes showers with radiants in both the northern and southern hemispheres. There is some overlap, but generally showers whose radiants have positive declinations are best seen from the northern hemisphere ...

  4. Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend; what to know ... - AOL

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    The 2023 Orionid meteor shower will peak this weekend. The showers expected to produce a maximum of about 10 to 20 meteors per hour began Saturday morning and will continue through the early ...

  5. Great balls of fire: Taurid meteor shower to light up sky ...

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    The Taurid meteor shower is happening now with peak viewing being Saturday and Sunday. And it is a two-part show. The Southern Taurids peak between Nov. 4 and Nov. 5 and the Northern Taurids peak ...

  6. Orionids - Wikipedia

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    The Orionids are an annual meteor shower which last approximately one week in late October. In some years, meteors may occur at rates of 50–70 per hour. [ 6][ 7] Orionid outbursts occurred in 585, 930, 1436, 1439, 1465, and 1623. [ 8] The Orionids occur at the ascending node of Halley's comet. The ascending node reached its closest distance ...

  7. Leonids - Wikipedia

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    Leonids. The Leonids ( / ˈliːənɪdz / LEE-ə-nidz) are a prolific annual meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, and are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years. [ 5] The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to radiate ...

  8. Geminids - Wikipedia

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    The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, [4] which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid [5] with a "rock comet" orbit. [6] This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The meteors from this shower are slow moving, can be seen in ...

  9. First meteor shower of 2023 to light up the night sky

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    January 3, 2023 at 8:30 AM. The first meteor shower of the year will delight skygazers as it lights up the night on Tuesday. The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak on the night of ...