词条 | meteor shower |
释义 | meteor shower astronomy ![]() A meteor shower's name is usually derived from that of the constellation (or of a star therein) in which the shower's radiant is situated—i.e., the point in the sky from which perspective makes the parallel meteor tracks seem to originate. Some showers have been named for an associated comet; e.g., the Andromedids were formerly called the Bielids, after Biela's Comet. The Cyrillid shower of 1913 had no radiant (the meteoroids seemed to enter the atmosphere from a circular orbit around Earth) and was named for St. Cyril of Alexandria (Cyril of Alexandria, Saint), on whose feast day (formerly celebrated on February 9) the shower was observed. The great Leonid meteor shower of Nov. 12, 1833, in which hundreds of thousands of meteors were observed in one night, was seen all over North America and initiated the first serious study of meteor showers (see meteoritics). It was later established that very strong Leonid showers recur at 33–34-year intervals (the orbital period of its associated comet, Tempel-Tuttle), and occasional records of its appearances have been traced back to about AD 902. Since about 1945, radar observations have revealed meteor showers regularly occurring in the daylight sky, where they are invisible to the eye. Principal nighttime meteor showers Principal nighttime meteor showersMajor meteor showers observable at night and their associated comets are provided in the table. |
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