Leonid Comparison Table

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Leonid comparison table

Subject has rate has start time has definition is a kind of has parent object has radiant is an instance of has duration

meteor shower the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location temporary increase in the rate at which meteors are observed when the target runs into a swarm of meteoroids that share a common orbit periodic celestial event the object from which the meteroids originate a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate a few hours

Leonid 20 per hour 16 November Shower of meteors emanating from an apparent point in Leo every 33 years; the next is due in about 1999. Comet Tempel-Tuttle 1866 I Leo meteor shower 2 days

Subject	has rate	has start time	has definition	is a kind of	has parent object	has radiant	is an instance of	has duration
meteor shower	the number of meteors observed in a given interval from the observers location		temporary increase in the rate at which meteors are observed when the target runs into a swarm of meteoroids that share a common orbit	periodic celestial event	the object from which the meteroids originate	a location on the sky from which meteor showers seem to originate		a few hours
Leonid	20 per hour	16 November	Shower of meteors emanating from an apparent point in Leo every 33 years; the next is due in about 1999.		Comet Tempel-Tuttle 1866 I	Leo	meteor shower	2 days

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