When Was The Last Meteor Shower

Local times and best dates to view shooting stars from annual meteor showers.
When was the last meteor shower. November 6th 2020 to november 30th 2020. For instance the radiant for the leonid meteor shower is in the constellation leo. Before that there were storms in 1767 1799 1833 1866 1867 and 1966.
Leonid storms gave birth to the term meteor showerwhen it was first realised that during the november 1833 storm the meteors radiated from near the star gamma leonis. The leonids are best known for producing meteor storms in the years of 1833 1866 1966 1999 and 2001. The peak of the meteor shower is expected to take place on 21 october however the orionid meteor shower will be active from 2 october to 7 november and several other days within this five week.
These outbursts of meteor activity are best seen when the parent object comet 55p tempel tuttle is near perihelion closest approach to the sun. Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. These meteors are fast they travel at about 148 000 mph 66 km s into the earth s atmosphere.
The best meteor showers in 2019 sky telescope what is the largest meteor to hit earth 12 matching viewing the id meteor shower in 2018 imo the id meteor shower is here and might foretell quadrantids meteor shower this weekend rogue et could be heading for earth after mysterynasa worries the earth could be hit. The perseid meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to fall from a point in the constellation perseus. The perseid meteor shower and the geminid meteor shower.
Fast meteors can leave glowing trains incandescent bits of debris in the wake of the meteor which last for several seconds to minutes. They appear to radiate from a certain point in the sky the radiant and vary in the speed frequency and brightness of the meteors as of november 2019 there are 112 established meteor showers. 2020 cosmic calendar astronomical events and highlights of 2020 and 2021 including supermoons solar and lunar eclipses meteor showers solstices and equinoxes.
The last leonid storms were in 1999 2001 two and 2002 two. Note that the meteor shower dates do not change much from year to year though the peak of a shower may vary by a day or two. 2020 meteor showers calendar.