Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2013: Best Place and Time to Watch The
Quadrantid meteor shower is the first meteor shower of 2013. The
Quadrantid meteor shower, the first meteor shower of 2013, will
peak Thursday in the early hours. The Quadrantids is one of the
lesser-known meteor showers of the year, but that doesn't mean
it's anything less than spectacular. Take a look at this
Quadrantids meteor shower videoor these pictures of the
Quadrantids. A stubborn moon will wash out many Quadrantids,
cutting down on the number of meteors seen by skywatchers, but
with an average of about 80 per hour, clear skies should mean
many of the shooting stars will still be visible. Like the
Geminids, the Quadrantids originate from an asteroid, called
2003 EH1. Dynamical studies suggest that this body could very
well be a piece of a comet which broke apart several centuries
ago, and that the meteors you will see before dawn Thursday are
the small debris from this fragmentation. After hundreds of
years orbiting the sun, they will en