List of Parent Bodies

This list includes parent bodies proposed in the scientific literature for meteoroid streams collected in the MDC. It does not distinguish between the verified and generally accepted parent bodies and those that are not yet confirmed.

Parent Body	Meteor Shower
(139359) = 2001 ME1	June xi1-Sagittariids
(155140) = 2005 UD	Daytime Sextantids
(196256) = 2003 EH1	Quadrantids
(242643) = 2005 NZ6	Daytime April Piscids
(248590) = 2006 CS	beta-Tucanids
(3200) Phaethon	Geminids December Canis Minorids
(3552) Don Quixote = 1983 SA	kappa-Lyrids August mu-Draconids
(361861) = 2008 ED69	August Draconids
(363027) = 1998 ST27	62-Andromedids
(489900) = 2008 KP	theta-Serpentids
(507716) = 2013 UP8	45-Draconids
(5496) = 1973 NA	psi-Cassiopeiids
(85182) 1991 AQ	Northern delta-Cancrids
109P/Swift-Tuttle	Perseids zeta-Cassiopeiids upsilon-Andromedids omicron-Hydrids omicron-Aurigids UY-Lyncids August gamma-Camelopardalids
122P/de Vico	epsilon-Canis Majorids
12P/Pons-Brooks	December kappa-Draconids
141P/Machholz	iota-Arids
15P/Finlay	Arids
169P/NEAT	Daytime chi-Capricornids epsilon-Aquariids
169P/NEAT = 2002 EX12	alpha-Capricornids
1998 SH2	alpha-Virginids
1998 SJ70	Southern March Virginids
1999 LT1	May epsilon-Draconids
1P/Halley	Orionids eta-Aquariids nu-Eridanids phi-Piscids pi6-Orionids August nu-Eridanids
2001 MG1	kappa-Cygnids
2001 SS287	iota-Cygnids
2001 XQ	66-Draconids
2001 YB5	Southern delta-Cancrids
2002 EV11	Daytime kappa-Aquariids
2002 MT3	February Hydrids
2004 QN22	September 72-Ophiuchids
2004 QX2	November theta-Aurigids
2005 ET70	tau-Capricornids
2006 GY2	May iota-Draconids
2006 PF1	Northern iota-Aquariids
2007 AB12	nu-Ophiuchids
2007 JD	May lambda-Virginids Southern Librids-Lupids
2007 WY3	May psi-Scorpiids
2008 AH4	iota-Antliids
2008 GV	psi-Draconids
2008 OY2	Corvids
2009 HE21	mu-Virginids iota1-Librids
2009 HS44	h-Virginids
2009 SG18	kappa-Cepheids A-Carinids
2009 WN25	November i-Draconids November Draconids
2009 WX7	phi-Capricornids
2010 LU108	Southern chi-Orionids
2010 MU111	69-Draconids
2010 TU149	lambda-Cetids f-Taurids
2011 BT59	alpha-Scorpiids kappa-Virginids
2011 YX62	zeta1-Cancrids
2012 UR158	p-Taurids
2012 US136	March beta-Equuleids
2013 JA36	psi1-Piscids
2014 CY4	August Aquariids
2014 NK52	A2-Taurids
2014 RQ17	lambda-Capricornids
2015 KH160	November zeta-Perseids
2015 KK	omicron-Eridanids
2015 LK24	June epsilon-Serpentids
2015 RR150	September psi1-Draconids
2016 BE1	November Cetids
2017 NT5	omega-Sagittariids
2018 LF5	42-Draconids
2018 TY2	tau-Arietids
2019 OK	17-Capricornids
2020 FV6	sigma-Leonids
2020 RF	chi-Cygnids
2022 JX	Microscopiids
209P/LINEAR	Camelopardalids May lambda-Draconids
21P/Giacobini-Zinner	October Draconids Daytime Capricornids-Sagittariids Northern sigma-Sagittariids nu-Draconids beta-Carinids
222P/LINEAR	July delta-Sagittariids
249P/LINEAR	68-Virginids
255P/Levy	alpha-Cepheids
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup	pi-Puppids
273P/Pons-Gambart	rho-Eridanids
273P/Pons-Gambart = D/1827 M1	eta-Eridanids
289P/Blanpain	29-Piscids
289P/Blanpain = D/1819 W1 (Blanpain) = 2003 WY25	Phoenicids
2P/Encke	Southern Taurids Northern Taurids Northern October delta-Arietids Southern October delta-Arietids Southern Daytime May Arietids Daytime zeta-Perseids Daytime beta-Taurids Northern delta-Piscids Northern chi-Orionids omega-Taurids November zeta-Taurids xi-Arietids lambda-Taurids nu-Piscids s-Taurids delta-Arietids November eta-Taurids tau-Taurids A1-Taurids m-Taurids December epsilon-Geminids gamma-Geminids
300P/Catalina = P/2005 JQ5	June epsilon-Ophiuchids
323P/SOHO	February gamma-Virginids Northern March gamma-Virginids Southern March gamma-Virginids
342P/SOHO	June epsilon-Arietids
3D/Biela	Andromedids December phi-Cassiopeiids
45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova	August delta-Capricornids
55P/Temple-Tuttle	Leonids
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3	tau-Herculids
7P/Pons-Winnecke	June Bootids
8P/Tuttle	Ursids gamma-Ursae Minorids
96P/Machholz	Northern delta-Aquariids lambda-Velids epsilon-Perseids August omicron-Aquariids
96P/Machholz 1	Daytime Arietids c-Velids Daytime lambda-Taurids December alpha-Draconids August iota-Cetids Northern chi-Aquariids
C/1092 A1	January beta-Craterids
C/1299 B1	omicron-Geminids
C/1402 D1	August Lyncids
C/1449 Y1	theta-Leonids
C/1533 M1	nu-Arietids
C/1639 U1	October alpha-Ursae Minorids
C/1706 F1	Caelids
C/1739 K1 (Zanotti)	Leonis Minorids
C/1743 Q1	13-Delphinids
C/1750 C1 (Wargentin)	Comae Berenicids
C/1757 R1	October alpha-Triangulids
C/1760 B1 (Messier)	October gamma-Camelopardalids
C/1766 E1 (Messier)	epsilon-Microscopiids
C/1771 A1 (Great comet)	Southern alpha-Pegasids
C/1787 G1 (Mechain)	January nu-Hydrids
C/1793 A1 (Gregory)	22-Bootids
C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel)	nu-Taurids
C/1804 E1 (Pons)	delta-Mensids
C/1808 F1 (Pons)	February epsilon-Virginids
C/1822 K1 (Pons)	52-Pegasids
C/1845 L1 (Great June comet)	omicron1-Eridanids
C/1846 J1 (Brorsen)	December sigma-Virginids epsilon-Virginids omega-Capricornids
C/1848 U1 (Petersen)	Southern lambda-Draconids
C/1850 J1 (Petersen)	63-Cygnids
C/1853 G1 (Schweizer)	gamma-Aquilids 52-Herculids
C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)	April Lyrids 90-Herculids
C/1864 N1 (Tempel)	delta-Piscids
C/1870 K1 (Winnecke)	51-Andromedids
C/1871 V1	pi-Cassiopeids
C/1871 V1 (Tempel)	xi-Cassiopeiids
C/1879 M1 (Swift)	rho-Puppids
C/1907 G1 (Grigg-Mellish)	delta-Pavonids
C/1911 N1 (Kiess)	Aurigids
C/1914 S1 (Campbell)	April beta-Herculids
C/1917 F1 (Mellish)	December Monocerotids Daytime kappa-Leonids November Orionids April rho-Cygnids lambda-Caelids
C/1917 H1 (Schaumasse)	April alpha-Capricornids
C/1919 Q2 (Metcalf)	omicron-Draconids
C/1923 T1 (Dubiago-Bernard)	December psi-Ursae Majorids
C/1936 O1 (Kaho-Kozik-Lis)	January psi-Scorpiids
C/1939 H1 (Jurlof-Achmarof-Hassel)	theta-Cetids 47-Ophiuchids
C/1939 V1 (Friend)	43-Cassiopeiids
C/1942 R1 (Daimaca)	delta-Sextantids
C/1943 R1 (Daimaca)	December Sextantids
C/1943 W1 (Van Gent-Peltier-Daimaca)	November Hydrids 12-Hydrids
C/1947 F2 (Becvar)	delta-Serpentids
C/1948 L1 (Honda-Bernasconi)	55-Arietids
C/1953 T1 (Abell)	gamma-Draconids
C/1953 X1 (Pajdusakova)	chi-Taurids
C/1957 U1 (Latyshev-Wild-Burnham)	kappa-Aurigids
C/1961 T1 (Seki)	December rho-Virginids gamma-Sagittariids
C/1962 H1 (Honda)	June mu-Cassiopeiids
C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)	pi-Hydrids tau-Cancrids delta-Corvids omega-Hydrids chi-Virginids
C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)	epsilon-Geminids July xi-Arietids xi-Geminids
C/1975 T2 (Suzuki-Saigusa-Mori)	lambda-Ursae Majorids
C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)	gamma-Bootids July Pegasids xi2-Lupids
C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock)	eta-Lyrids
C/1988 Y1 (Yanaka)	February Herculids
C/1992 W1 (Ohshita)	chi-Andromedids January alpha-Ursae Majorids Normids
C/1997 H2	Northern June Aquilids
C/1997 V9 (SOHO)	October zeta-Perseids
C/2001 W2 (BATTERS)	49-Andromedids
C/2003 H6 (SOHO)	xi2-Librids
C/2003 T12 (SOHO)	xi2-Capricornids
C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)	June rho-Cygnids
C/2004 S1 (Van Ness)	chi-Aquilids
C/2004 V13	Southern Daytime omega-Cetids
C/2005 T4 (SWAN)	September upsilon-Taurids
C/2006 WD4 (Lemmon)	15-Leonids
C/2007 W1 (Boattini)	Daytime Craterids
C/2009 U10 (SOHO)	Southern June Aquilids June theta2-Sagittariids
C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes)	eta-Corvids theta-Craterids
C/2013 K1 (Christensen)	July gamma-Draconids
C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)	sigma-Hydrids
C/400 F1	Northern Daytime omega-Cetids
C/418 M1	February beta-Comae Berenicids
C/539 W1	15-Bootids
C/770 K1	July theta-Perseids chi1-Hydrids
C/868 B1	26-Bootids
C/962 B1	eta-Orionids
D/1766 G1	February pi-Leonids
D/1766 G1 (Helfenzrieder)	eta-Virginids
D/1770 L1	Southern mu-Sagittariids
D/1978 R1 (Haneda-Campos)	October Capricornids
P/2008 Y12	Southern delta-Aquariids
P/2009 WX51	December mu-Taurids