Definition of Orionid. Meaning of Orionid. Synonyms of Orionid

- The Orionids meteor shower, often shortened to the Orionids, is one of two meteor showers ****ociated with Halley's Comet. The Orionids are so-called because...
- the Orion's Belt asterism. Orion also hosts the radiant of the annual Orionids, the strongest meteor shower ****ociated with Halley's Comet, and the Orion...
- through the orbit of Comet Swift–Tuttle. Halley's Comet is the source of the Orionid shower in October. Many comets and asteroids collided with Earth in its...
- (Kiess) Draconids (periodic) early October Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Orionids late October Comet 1P/Halley Southern Taurids early November Comet 2P/Encke...
- Halley's comet and are usually two to three times stronger than the October Orionids. The Eta Aquariids are the third strongest annual meteor shower observable...
- with the Orionids, which make the Epsilon Geminids difficult to detect visually. Epsilon Geminid meteors have a higher velocity than Orionids. In Babylonian...
- ****ociated with two meteor showers: the Eta Aquariids in early May, and the Orionids in late October. Halley is classified as a periodic or short-period comet:...
- Geminids 14 Oct – 27 Oct 18 Oct 205 6.8 +27 70 3 medium C/1964 N1 (Ikeya) Orionids 2 Oct – 7 Nov 21 Oct 208 6.3 +16 66 20 bright 1P/Halley Leonis Minorids...
- including 2201 Oljato – tentatively identified as the parent body of the "Chi Orionids" meteor shower – and 2061 Anza, two near-Earth asteroids of the Apollo...
- November 29 to December 9 with the peak occurring on December 5–6. The Orionids, which occurs in late October, sometimes lasts into November. The Western...