Perseid Comparison Table

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Perseid 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

Perseid 100 per hour 12 August Comet Swift-Tuttle Perseus meteor shower 3 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
Perseid	100 per hour	12 August			Comet Swift-Tuttle	Perseus	meteor shower	3 days

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