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Aquariids are several
meteor showers A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extr ...
whose radiant appears to lie in the constellation Aquarius: *
Eta Aquariids The Eta Aquariids are a meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet. The shower is visible from about April 19 to about May 28 each year with peak activity on or around May 5. Unlike most major annual meteor showers, there is no sharp peak fo ...
* Kappa Aquariids * North Delta Aquariids * North Iota Aquariids *
Southern Delta Aquariids The Southern Delta Aquariids are a meteor shower visible from mid July to mid August each year with peak activity on 28 or 29 July. The comet of origin is not known with certainty. A suspected candidate is Comet 96P Machholz. Earlier, it was thou ...
* South Iota Aquariids * Tau Aquariids Meteor showers {{Meteor showers