---------------+-------------+--------+------------------+------------ _Name of | _Dates of |_Date of| _Parent comet_ | _Remarks_ stream_ | occurrence_ |maximum_| | ---------------+-------------+--------+------------------+------------ Quadrantids |Jan. 1–4 |Jan. 3 |1861 I |Observed | | | | longer than | | | | 100 years. | | | | Lyrids |April 19–23 |April 21| |Observed | | | | longer than η Aquarids |May 2–5 |May 4 |Halley (1835 III) | 2500 years. | | | | δ Aquarids |July 14-Aug. |July 30 | | | 19 | | | | | | | ι Aquarids |July 16-Aug. |July 30 | | | 25 | | | | | | | Perseids |July 29-Aug. |Aug. 12 |1862 III |Observed | 17 | | | more than | | | | 1200 years. | | | | α Capricornids |Aug. 1–21 |Aug. 17 |1948 n | | | | | Cygnids |Aug. 9–22 |Aug. 17 | | | | | | Taurids |Sep. 15-Dec. |Nov. 12 |Encke (1957 c) | | 2 | | | | | | | Draconids |Oct. 9–10 |Oct. 10 |Giacobini-Zinner |13-year | | | (1946 V) | period; | | | | great | | | | showers in | | | | 1933, 1946; | | | | none in | | | | 1959. | | | | Orionids |Oct. 18–26 |Oct. 22 |Halley (1835 III) | | | | | Leonids |Nov. 14–20 |Nov. 17 |Temple-Tuttle |Observed | | | (1866 I) | since | | | | A.D. 902. | | | | Geminids |Dec. 7–15 |Dec. 14 | | | | | | Ursids |Dec. 17–24 |Dec.