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• List of meteor showers — Table of meteor showers= NoteThis list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the [http://www.imo.net International Meteor Organization] while most of the parent body associations are from Gary Kronk s book, Meteor… …   Wikipedia

• Principal nighttime meteor showers — ▪ Table Principal nighttime meteor showers shower average date of maximum normal duration (days) visual strength (Northern Hemisphere) entry velocity (km/sec) associated comet Quadrantid January 3   1 medium 41 not known Lyrid April 22   1… …   Universalium

• Meteor burst communications — Meteor scatter propagation as used by SNOTEL Meteor burst communications (MBC), also referred to as meteor scatter communications[1], is a radio propagation mode that exploits the ionized trails of meteors during atmospheric entry to establish… …   Wikipedia

• meteor streams — plural noun Streams of dust revolving about the sun, whose intersection by the earth causes meteor showers • • • Main Entry: ↑meteor …   Useful english dictionary

• Meteor shower — This article is about the falling of meteors. For the TV program, see Meteor Shower (TV series). A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused… …   Wikipedia

• meteor and meteoroid — ▪ astronomy Introduction   respectively, a glowing streak in the sky (meteor) and its cause, which is a relatively small stony or metallic natural object from space (meteoroid) that enters Earth s atmosphere and heats to incandescence. In modern… …   Universalium

• meteor shower — Astron. the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm. Also, meteoric shower. [1875 80] * * * Entry into Earth s atmosphere of multiple meteoroids (see meteor), traveling in parallel paths, usually spread over… …   Universalium

• Radiant (meteor shower) — The radiant or apparent radiant of a meteor shower is the point in the sky, from which (to a planetary observer) meteors appear to originate. The Perseids, for example, are meteors which appear to come from a point within the constellation of… …   Wikipedia

• Meteoric showers — Meteoric Me te*or ic, a. [Cf. F. m[ e]t[ e]orique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. [1913 Webster] 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Virginids — The Virginids are a meteor shower. There are many major and minor meteor shower streams that occur during the Virginid Complex,cite web|url=http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/virginid complex.html|title=The Virginids Complex|publisher=Meteor… …   Wikipedia

• Leonids — For other uses, see Leonid (disambiguation). A famous depiction of the 1833 meteor storm, produced in 1889 for the Seventh day Adventist book Bible Readings for the Home Circle The Leonids (/ˈliːənɪdz/ lee ə nidz) is a prol …   Wikipedia