Lyrid Comparison Table

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Lyrid 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

Lyrid 15 per hour 22 April Comet Thatcher Lyra meteor shower 1 day

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
Lyrid	15 per hour	22 April			Comet Thatcher	Lyra	meteor shower	1 day

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