Aquarids

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Aquarids: see meteor shower meteor shower, increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky. The trails of the meteors of a meteor shower all appear to be traceable back to a single point in the sky, known as the radiant point, or radiant.
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Aquarids

meteor showers whose radiants are located in the Big Dipper. The most important aquarids are the Eta Aquarids (visible every year at the end of April and beginning of May), which are connected with Halley’s Comet, and the Delta Aquarids (visible every year at the end of July and beginning of August).

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