Quadrantids
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The Quadrantids are a meteor shower that peaks in early January and whose radiant lies in the constellation Boötes. The zenithal hourly rate of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably
Radiant point of Quadrantid meteor shower, active each year in early January
Geminids
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The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower, the parent body of which is 3200 Phaethon. Because of this, it would make this shower, along with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originat
Quadrantids
…Boötes. The zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably rich meteor showers, the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December, yet Quadrantid meteors are not seen as often as those of the two other showers because the time frame of the peak is exceedingly narrow…
The Geminids meteor shower as seen from the Northern Hemisphere, in December 2013
Appearance of the Geminids on 13 December 2025 at 21:00 local winter time
This image offers us a close encounter with a Geminid meteor, observed from Mar del Plata, Argentina.
A Geminid meteor in 2007, seen from San Francisco