Meteor Shower 2022 

A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky.

What is Meteor Shower?

Historical Developments

A meteor shower in August 1583 was recorded in the Timbuktu manuscripts.

in the modern era, the first great meteor storm was the Leonids of November 1833. 

1833

1995

In 1995, Peter Jenniskens Predicted the 1995 Alpha Monocerotids outburst from dust trails.

Radiant Point

Because metero shower particles are all traveling in parallel paths and at the same velocity, they will appear to an observer below to radiate away from a single point in the sky.

Meteor showers are named after the nearest constellation, or bright star with a Greek or Roman letter assigned that is close to the radiant position at the peak of the shower, whereby the grammatical declension of the Latin possessive form is replaced by "id" or "ids."

Naming

Famous meteor showers

In most years, the most visible meteor shower is the Perseids, which peak on 12 August of each year at over one meteor per minute.

2022 Meteor Showers

Perseids:  Nights of August 11, 12

29 July 2022

The Delta Aquarids peak between midnight and dawn on July 29 and 30, 2022