: For a list of famous people named Leonid, please see Leonid (a disambiguation page). The Leonids ([ˈli.əˌnɪdz] lee-uh-nids) are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to stream from that point in the sky. Meteor shower The meteor shower's visible every year around November 17, plus or minus a week, when the Earth moves through the meteoroid s… (More on Leonids)