meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors...
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Perseids (redirect from Perseid meteor shower)
are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteors are called the...
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Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to radiate from a certain point in the sky, known as the radiant, and...
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Leonids (redirect from Leonid meteor shower)
LEE-ə-nidz) are a prolific annual meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, and are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about...
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Meteor Shower is a 2016 play written by Steve Martin. The play, a comedy, is set in 1993 in Ojai, California. It premiered on Broadway in 2017. Amy Schumer...
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radiant of a meteor shower is the celestial point in the sky from which (from the point of view of a terrestrial observer) the paths of meteors appear to...
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Kunashak meteor shower of 1949, after which scientists recovered about 20 meteorites weighing more than 200 kg (440 lb) in total. The Chelyabinsk meteor is...
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Meteor Shower (Chinese: 一起来看流星雨; pinyin: Yīqǐ Lái Kàn Liúxīngyǔ) is a 2009 Chinese television series starring Hans Zhang, Yu Haoming, Vision Wei and Zhu...
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Geminids (redirect from Geminid meteor shower)
The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit. This...
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