Mini Meteor Shower?

Question

Ok, I was wondering if it is possible to see mini meteor showers.

Because Last night I saw a total of 3 shooting stars. If I would have seen the one that my boyfriend saw that would have made it four. So I'm asking if its possible that all the shooting stars I saw last night could have been a mini meteor shower. I saw two within 40 seconds of each other. So, I would like to know if it was just a coincidence or was last night the meteor shower?

Answer 1

Perseid meteor shower PEAKS on August 12th--

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/perseids...

Here is a list of the major meteor showers--

http://www.sky-watch.com/meteor.html

Answer 2

thats cool.

that happened to me bofore but we saw like a few more.

i think it is a lil meteor shower.

Answer 3

This is the calendar of the International Meteor Organization.

http://www.imo.net/calendar/2008

Meteors happen all the time. Every day and every night.  The site I gave you is the official internationally recognized list for true meteor showers for 2008.