Meteor showers 2017, 2018, 2019
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors (or colloquially shooting stars or falling stars) are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface.
The most visible meteor shower in most years are the Perseids, which peak on August 12 of each year at over 1 meteor a minute. The most spectacular meteor shower is probably the Leonids, the King of Meteor Showers which peaks on a day near 17 November. Approximately every 33 years the Leonid shower produces a "meteor storm", peaking at rates of thousands of meteors per hour. (From: Wikipedia)
Upcoming events:
| Date | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 - 21, 2017 | Leonids 2017 | World |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Peak of Leonid meteor shower 2017 | World |
| Meteor showers 2018 | ||
| Jan 01 - 05, 2018 | Quadrantids 2018 | World |
| Jan 03, 2018 | Peak of Quadrantid meteor shower 2018 | World |
| Jul 17 - Aug 24, 2018 | Perseids 2018 | World |
| Aug 12, 2018 | Peak of Perseid meteor shower 2018 | World |
| Nov 14 - 21, 2018 | Leonids 2018 | World |
| Nov 17, 2018 | Peak of Leonid meteor shower 2018 | World |
| Meteor showers 2019 | ||
| Jan 01 - 05, 2019 | Quadrantids 2019 | World |
| Jan 03, 2019 | Peak of Quadrantid meteor shower 2019 | World |
| Jul 17 - Aug 24, 2019 | Perseids 2019 | World |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Peak of Perseid meteor shower 2019 | World |