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Andromeda

Galaxy

Alpheratz

CETUS

(The Whale)

Arct

uras

Spic

a

Reg

ulos

Altair

Antares

ERIDANUS

(The River)

LEPUS

(The Hare)

Orion

Nebula

Procyon

Castor

Pollux

GREAT

SQUARE

18

19

Annual Meteor Showers

Shower

Hourly Parent 

comet

 40

Lyrids April 

22 

Quadrantids

15 Comet 

Thatcher

Asteroid 2003 EH1

Eta Aquarids 

May 5 

20 

Comet Halley

(Unknown)

Delta Aquarids 

July 28 

20

Perseids 

August 12 

50 

Comet Swift-Tuttle

Orionids 

October 22 

25 

Comet Halley

Taurids 

November 3 

15 

Comet Encke

Leonids November 

17 

15 

Comet 

Temple-Tuttle

Geminids December 

14 

December 23 

50 

Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

Ursids 

January 3 

20 Comet 

Tuttle

Source: 

Skywatching

 by David H. Levy (Time-Life Books, 1994-98).

Dates can vary slightly. Hourly rate represents the number of meteors you might see under a
dark sky when the radient is near the zenith. Expect to see perhaps half as many more if the
shower is strong.

Date 

 Home Planetarium Projector

with Astronomy Software

Planet Position Tables

Source: Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles.

2007

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Venus   Cap

Pis

Ari

Tau

Gem

Can

Leo

Sag

Can

Leo

Vir

Lib

Mars   

Sag

Sag

Cap

Aqr

Pis

Pis

Ari

Tau

Tau

Gem

Gem Gem

Jupiter   Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Oph

Sag

Saturn

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

2008

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Venus   Sag

Cap

Aqr

Pis

Tau

Gem

Can

Vir

Vir

Sco

Sag

Cap

Mars   

Tau

Tau

Gem Gem

Can

Leo

Leo

Vir

Vir

Vir

Sco

Oph

Jupiter   Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Sag

Saturn

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

2009

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Venus   Aqr

Pis

Aqr

Pis

Pis

Ari

Tau

Gem

Leo

Vir

Lib

Oph

Mars   

Sag

Cap

Aqr

Pis

Pis

Ari

Tau

Tau

Gem

Can

Can

Leo

Jupiter    Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Cap

Saturn

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

2010

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Venus   Sag

Aqr

Pis

Ari

Tau

Can

Leo

Vir

Vir

Lib

Vir

Lib

Mars   

Can

Can

Can

Can

Leo

Leo

Leo

Vir

Vir

Lib

Oph

Sag

Jupiter   Aqr

Aqr

Aqr

Aqr

Pis

Pis

Pis

Pis

Pis

Pis

Aqr

Aqr

Saturn

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

Vir

2011 Jan Feb Mar 

Apr May 

Jun Jul Aug 

Sep Oct Nov 

Dec

Venus     Oph    Sgr    Cap    Aqr   

Psc    Tau    Gem    Leo    Vir   

Lib   

Oph    Sgr

Mars       Cap    Cap    Aqr    Psc   

Ari   

Tau    Tau    Gem    Cnc    Cnc    Leo    Leo

Jupiter    Psc   

Psc    Psc    Psc   

Psc    Ari   

Ari   

Ari   

Ari   

Ari   

Ari   

Psc

Saturn     Vir   

Vir  

 Vir    Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir  

 Vir   

Vir   

Vir

2012 Jan Feb Mar 

Apr May 

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 

Dec

Venus     Aqr    Psc    Ari    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Gem    Cnc    Leo    Vir   

Lib

Mars       Vir   

Leo    Leo    Leo   

Leo    Leo    Vir  

 Vir   

Lib   

Sco    Sgr    Sgr

Jupiter    Ari   

Ari   

Ari    Ari   

Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau

Saturn     Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir  

 Vir    Vir

2013 Jan Feb Mar 

Apr May 

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 

Dec

Venus     Sgr   

Cap    Aqr    Ari   

Tau    Gem    Leo    Vir   

Vir   

Oph    Sgr    Sgr

Mars       Cap    Aqr    Psc    Psc   

Ari   

Tau    Gem    Gem    Cnc    Leo    Leo    Vir

Jupiter    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Tau    Gem    Gem    Gem    Gem    Gem  Gem
Saturn     Lib   

Lib   

Lib    Vir   

Vir  

 Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib

2014      Jan   

Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul   

Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec

Venus 

Sgr   

Sgr    Cap    Aqr   

Psc    Ari   

Tau    Cnc    Leo    Vir   

Lib   

Sgr

Mars 

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Vir   

Lib   

Sco    Oph    Sgr    Cap

Jupiter  Gem    Gem    Gem   Gem    Gem    Gem    Cnc    Cnc    Cnc    Leo    Leo    Leo
Saturn  Lib   

Lib   

Lib    Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib   

Lib

NAME

MOONS** RINGS

DISTANCE

FROM SUN

(millions of mi/km)

ORBITAL

PERIOD

(in Earth years)

ROTATION

PERIOD

(hours in day)

SIZE

RELATIVE

TO EARTH

MASS

RELATIVE

TO EARTH

*Dwarf planet
**Known as of July 2006

Planet Information Table

MERCURY 

36 / 58 

0.2 

1416 

0.39 X 

0.06 X 

No

VENUS 

67 / 108 

0.6 

5833 

0.95 X 

0.8 X 

No

EARTH 

93 / 150 

1.0 

24 

1 X 

1 X 

No

MARS 

142 / 228 

1.9 

25 

0.53 X 

0.1 X 

No

CERES*  

260 / 420 

4.6 

0.08 X 

0.0002 X 

No

JUPITER 

484 / 778 

11.9 

10 

11.2 X 

318 X 

63 

Yes

SATURN 

884 / 1423 

29.5 

10 

9.4 X 

95 X 

56 

Yes

URANUS 

1783 / 2869 

84 

17 

4.0 X 

15 X 

27 

Yes

NEPTUNE 

2792 / 4492 

164.8 

16 

3.8 X 

17 X 

13 

Yes

PLUTO*  

4650 / 7500 

248 

153 

0.2 X 

0.002 X 

No

ERIS*  

9114 / 14,700 

557 

0.2 X 

0.003 X 

No

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