meteor shower | has period one year | ![2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has rate the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location | ![2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has duration a few hours | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has parent object the object from which the meteroids originate | ![2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has radiant a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate | ![2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has location which depends on the observer's location on the planet, is it facing the correct direction | ![2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has definition A profusion of meteors that fall within a period of a few hours and that appear to radiate from a common point in the sky. Shower meteors are usually low-density material and have high eccentricities. | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
has definition temporary increase in the rate at which meteors are observed when the target runs into a swarm of meteoroids that share a common orbit | ![has source: Talbot, J. 2001, 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 has source: Talbot, J. 2001, 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
is a kind of periodic celestial event | ![2001-09-27 09:30:05.0 2001-09-27 09:30:05.0](facet.gif) |
event | has synonym world point | ![2001-09-27 09:29:57.0 2001-09-27 09:29:57.0](facet.gif) |
has time of occurrence | ![2001-09-27 09:29:57.0 2001-09-27 09:29:57.0](facet.gif) |