Quadrantids

Connections

How Quadrantids connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.

Related entities

• Constellation

  Boötes

  Boötes is a northern constellation, one of the 88 modern constellations.

• Dormant comet

  (196256) 2003 EH1

  An asteroid on a short-period, comet-like orbit believed to be a dormant or extinct comet nucleus — the parent body of the sharp, brief Quadrantid meteor shower.

• Meteor shower

  Geminids

  A reliable December meteor shower whose radiant lies in the constellation Gemini.

• Meteor shower

  Leonids

  A November meteor shower whose radiant lies in the constellation Leo, associated with comet Tempel–Tuttle.

• Meteor shower

  Orionids

  An October meteor shower whose radiant lies in the constellation Orion, produced by debris from Halley's Comet.

• Meteor shower

  Perseids

  A prominent summer meteor shower whose radiant lies in the constellation Perseus, produced by debris from comet Swift–Tuttle.

• Meteor shower

  Taurids

  An extended autumn meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Taurus, associated with Comet Encke.

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Sources & references

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

• IMOInternational Meteor Organization

  Meteor shower activity, radiants, and peak forecasts.