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Perseids
(redirected from Perseids meteor shower)

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Perseids (pûr`sēĭdz'): 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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Perseids [′pər·sē·ədz]
(astronomy)
A meteor shower whose radiant lies in the constellation Perseus; it reaches a maximum about August 12.


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The annual Perseids meteor shower will illuminate the sky -- in all directions -- beginning tonight.
You could spend hundreds of dollars to pull off the perfect date, but this weekend all you'll really need is a car to get out of town to watch the Perseids meteor shower take over the night sky.
 
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