To find out what meteor showers are coming your way and when check out our comprehensive meteor shower viewing guide. Related: The most amazing Leonid meteor shower photosPerseids: Another shower that is worth keeping awake for is the Perseid meteor shower, which is associated with the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to orbit the sun . Related: The most amazing Quadrantid meteor shower photosGeminids: Like the Quadrantids, the Geminid meteor shower also came from dust particles of an asteroid, this time a near-earth asteroid called 3200 Phaeton. Meteor showers are mostly from comets , so having an asteroid as parents make the Quadrantids and Geminids different from other meteor showers. Meteor shower observing tipsPeople living in the Northern Hemisphere are in the best position to observe the most beautiful meteor showers.

Source: Forbes August 11, 2022 18:08 UTC