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This website only lists information on modern-day comets and meteor showers. The book, however, thoroughly investigates how specific ancient impacts and near misses changed religious beliefs around the world.
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Last updated: 2026, September 20
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Lists of Comets
Brightest Comets in the 20th Century
Brightest Comets in the 21st Century
Individual Comets
Meteor Showers
Quadrantid Meteor Shower (Peaks January 4)
Alpha Centaurid Meteor Shower (February 8)
Theta Centaurid Meteor Shower (February 10)
Virginid Meteor Shower (April 17)
Lyrid Meteor Shower (April 22)
Pi Puppid Meteor Shower (April 23)
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower (May 5)
May Camelopardalid Meteor Shower (May 24)
Arietid Meteor Shower (June 7)
Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower (July 27)
Alpha Capricornid Meteor Shower (July 29)
Perseid Meteor Shower (August 12)
Kappa Cygnid Meteor Shower (August 18)
Draconid Meteor Shower (October 7, 8)
Orionid Meteor Shower (October 21)
Leonid Meteor Shower (November 17)
Famous Meteorites
The Holsinger Meteorite and Canyon Diablo
Definitions
Definition of Apparent Magnitude
Definition of an Astronomical Unit
Other
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