can someone tell me a little something about each major meteor shower?

Question

this includes quadrantids,lyrids,eta aqarids, delta auarids, perseids, aurigids, orionids, leonids, geminids, and ursids.

Answer 1

Find everything you need here:
http://meteorshowersonline.com/major_meteor_showers.html

Or search: major meteor showers.

Answer 2

The beginning of January can be an exciting time for meteor watchers; however, you really need good timing and very good observing conditions. The night of January 3/4 provides the strongest meteor shower of the year. Known as the Quadrantids
The Lyrids peak around April 21/22. This is not a particularly strong display, with rates typically peaking near 10 per hour; however, it can offer up a few surprises. There have been several occasions when the rate has peaked at 100 per hour! Unfortunately, these outbursts are not predictable
Eta Aquarids peak around May 5/6. This meteor shower emanates from the southern portion of the sky, so that observers in the Southern Hemisphere will see a better display. On the average, rates peak at 10 per hour for Northern Hemisphere observers and 30 per hour for Southern Hemisphere observers. The Eta Aquarids are particularly interesting because as you watch the display you will be seeing particles that were shed by the famous Halley's Comet several thousand years ago.
The activity increase during July continues into August and soon gets a boost from one of the strongest meteor displays of the year. Under rather dark skies the Perseids can produce rates of 50-80 meteors per hour on the night of August 12/13. Add this rate to the minor displays coming from the constellations Aquarius and Cygnus and you have a very nice evening, with usually warm weather and lots of meteors!

General meteor activity rapidly slows down during the last half of August and this leads into a relatively dull period that spans September and the first half of October. Following mid-October, things begin picking up for people awake a few hours before sunrise as the Orionid meteor shower kicks in. Peaking on the night of October 21/22, this is another meteor shower that is produced by very old particles shed by Halley's Comet. Visual rates can reach 20 per hour for Northern Hemisphere observers and 40 per hour for Southern Hemisphere observers.

The Leonid meteor shower peaks around the time of November 17/18. This display actually made the news from 1999 to 2002, when it produced rates of several hundred to several thousand per hour. But, alas, these times are over and the shower has dropped back to its normal mode of producing rates of 10-15 per hour at maximum.

The month of December is another good month for meteors, mostly because of the Geminids. The Geminids peak around the night of December 13/14 and can produce rates of 60-80 per hour. It is best placed for observers in the Northern Hemisphere, where the temperatures are generally cold
The final display of the year comes from the Ursids. Peaking on December 22/23, this meteor shower is not a strong one, with rates typically peaking at 5-10 per hour; however, it is noteworthy because of occasional outbursts of around 100 per hour.

Answer 3

Hi. Most are leftover remains from comets. The names derive from the direction the Earth is headed when it hits them. The Orionids seen to come from a point in Orion, just a snowflakes in a storm seem to come from the direction the car is headed.