Meteor shower · November 17, 2026
Leonid meteor shower peak
The fastest meteors: seventy-one kilometres a second
Dust from Comet Tempel-Tuttle: the fastest meteors and the source of history's great meteor storms.
| Type | Meteor shower |
|---|---|
| Date | November 17, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC |
| Visibility window | November 6, 2026 – November 30, 2026 |
| Status | scheduled |
| Source | 55P/Tempel-Tuttle |
| Speed | 71 km/s |
| At peak | ~15 meteors/h |
| Radiant | Leo |
| Last storm | 2002 |
| Bodies involved | 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, Earth |
| Source | IMO |