Meteor Showers 2007

January
Quadrantids January 3-4 Frequency:		Typically, 40 or so bright, blue and fast (25.5 miles per second) meteors will radiate from the constellation Bootes, some blazing more than halfway across the sky. A small percentage of them leave persistent dust trains. This shower usually has a very sharp peak, usually lasting only about an hour.
Parent Comet: 2003 EH1
April
Lyrids April 21-22 Frequency:		The swift and bright Lyrid meteors disintegrate after hitting our atmosphere at a moderate speed of 29.8 miles per second. They often produce luminous trains of dust that can be observed for several seconds.
Parent Comet: C/Thatcher
May
Eta Aquarids May 5-6 Frequency:
Parent Comet: 1P/Halley
June
Lyrids June 14-16 Frequency:		The June Lyrids is a low-rate shower during which you could see up to 10 meteors per hour during its peak.
July
Delta Aquarids July 28-29 Frequency:		At peak time about 20 bright, yellow meteors can be observed per hour. Because these meteors nearly broadside the Earth, their speed is a moderate 25.5 miles per second.
Capricornids July 29-30 Frequency:		The Capricornids are characterized by their often yellow coloration and their frequent brightness. They are also slow interplanetary interlopers, hitting our atmosphere at around 15 miles per second. Though you can expect only 15 meteors per hour at best under dark sky conditions, the Capricornids are noted for producing brilliant fireballs.
August
Perseids August 12-13 Frequency:		This shower produces about 60 meteors per hour, and its performance is farily consistant from year to year.
Parent Comet: 109P/Swift-Tuttle
October
Draconids October 8-9 Frequency:		Expect a peak rate of 10 meteors per hour under clear, moonless conditions.
Parent Comet: 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Orionids October 21-22 Frequency:		This shower produces a peak rate of 20 yellow and green meteors per hour, which are fast moving at 41.6 miles per second and are known to produce fireballs.
Parent Comet: 1P/Halley
November
Leonids November 17-18 Frequency:		The Leonids are best known for their 33-year peaks, during which 100s of meteors per hour can be observed. The last of these peaks occured in 2001.
Parent Comet: 55P/Tempel-Tuttle
December
Geminids December 13-14 Frequency:		The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids are characterized by their multi-colored display--65% being white, 26% yellow, and the remaining 9% blue, red and green.
Parent Comet: 3200 Phaethon

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