Leonis Minorids

Leo Minor constellation

Leo Minorids is a weak meteor shower that takes place from October 19 till October 27 each year.^[1] With a weak moon the meteor shower may be visible with the naked eye, however this meteor shower is best observed only from the Northern Hemisphere with telescopic plotting.^[2] This meteor shower is linked to comet C/1739 K1 and radiates from the constellation Leo Minor, which is a faint constellation north of Leo.^[3] The meteor shower often only produces 2 meteors an hour.^[4]

Year	Leo Minorids active between	Peak of shower
2008	Oct 17 – 27	October 24 (ZHR_max 2)^[4]
2009	Oct 19 – 27	October 23 predicted (ZHR_max 2)^[3]

Notes

↑ "IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2009: Contents: October to December: Leo Minorids". IMO.net. March 10, 2009.
↑ "IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2009". The International Meteor Organization. 1997–2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
1 2 "Leo Minorids fact sheet - Astronomia.org". Retrieved October 22, 2009.
1 2 "In the Sky this Month – October 2008 – the Transient Sky – Comets, Asteroids, Meteors". the Transient Sky. Retrieved October 22, 2009.

Meteor showers

By name	Andromedids Antihelion Source Aquariids Eta Aquariids Kappa Aquariids North Delta Aquariids North Iota Aquariids South Iota Aquariids Southern Delta Aquariids Tau Aquariids Aquilids South June Aquilids Arietids Daytime Eps. Arietids Daytime May Arietids Aurigids Alpha Aurigids Delta Aurigids Nov. Iota Aurigids Bootids (June Bootids) Canis-Minorids Cancrids (Delta Cancrids) Capricornids Alpha Capricornids Daytime Capri.-Sagitt. Carinids (Eta Carinids) Cassiopeids (Beta Cassiopeids) Centaurids Alpha Centaurids Omicron Centaurids Cetids Omega Cetids Pi Cetids Coma Berenicids Cygnids (Kappa Cygnids) Doradids (Gamma Doradids) Draconids Eridanids (Eta Eridanids) Geminids (Epsilon Geminids) Herculids (Tau Herculids) Hydrids (Sigma Hydrids) Leonids Leonis Minorids (Dec. Leonis Minorids) Lyrids Eta Lyrids June Lyrids Monocerotids Alpha Monocerotids Normids (Gamma Normids) Orionids Pegasids Perseids Daytime Zeta Perseids September Epsilon Perseids Zeta Perseids Phoenicids (July Phoenicids) Piscis Austrinids Puppids (Pi Puppids) Puppid-Velids Quadrantids Scorpiids Alpha Scorpiids North Omega Scorpiids South Omega Scorpiids Serpentids (Kappa Serpentids) Sextantids (Daytime Sextantids) Taurids Beta Taurids Daytime Beta Taurids Northern Taurids Southern Taurids Theta Centaurids Ursids Virginids Alpha Virginids Gamma Virginids Eta Virginids Theta Virginids Iota Virginids Lambda Virginids Mu Virginids Pi Virginids Psi Virginids March Virginids

By peak date	January 4 February 8 February 10 March 14 April 17 April 22–23 April 26 May 6 June 7 June 27 July 28–29 July 13 July 30 July 31 – August 1 August 13 September 1 October 8 October 10 October 21 October 24 November 9 November 12 November 18 November 21–22 December 5–6 December 13–14 December 15 December 22

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See also List of meteor showers

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