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Here are some annual meteor showers and the parent bodies that they are associated with:
Quadrantids (Jan. 2-4), Asteroid 2003 EH1
Lyrids (April 21-23), Comet Thatcher
Eta Aquarids (May 4-6), Comet Halley
June Lyrids (June 15-16), unknown
Delta Aquarids (July 27-29), parent of comets Macholtz, Marsden and Kracht
Capricornids (July 29-30), Comet 169P/NEAT
Perseids (Aug. 11-14), Comet Swift-Tuttle
Draconids (Oct. 8-9), Comet Giacobini-Zinner
Orionids (Oct. 20-22), Comet Halley
Taurids (Nov. 5-12), Comet Encke
Leonids (Nov. 16-18), Comet Tempel-Tuttle
Geminids (Dec. 12-14), Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
