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meteor shower comparison table

Subject	has rate	has start time	has definition	has parent object	has radiant	has duration
Arietids	the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location			the object from which the meteroids originate	a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate	a few hours
Cyrillids	the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location			the object from which the meteroids originate	a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate	a few hours
Delta Aquarid	30 per hour	29 July		the object from which the meteroids originate	Delta Aquarii	8 days
Draconids	the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location			the object from which the meteroids originate	a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate	a few hours
Eta Aquarid	60 per hour	4 May		Comet Halley	Eta Aquarii	6 days
Geminid	90 per hour	13 December		Asteroid Phaethon	Gemini	3 days
Leonid	20 per hour	16 November	Shower of meteors emanating from an apparent point in Leo every 33 years; the next is due in about 1999.	Comet Tempel-Tuttle 1866 I	Leo	2 days
Lyrid	15 per hour	22 April		Comet Thatcher	Lyra	1 day
Orionid	30 per hour	21 October		Comet Halley	Orion	2 days
Perseid	100 per hour	12 August		Comet Swift-Tuttle	Perseus	3 days
Quadrantid	80 per hour	3 January		the object from which the meteroids originate	???	0.4 days
Taurid	the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location			the object from which the meteroids originate	a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate	a few hours

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