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Definition of Perseid

Perseid
Perseid Per"se*id, n. (Astron.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

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- The ****ids are a prolific meteor shower ****ociated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteors are...
- but the succession was disputed by the Taphians under Pterelaos, another ****id, who ****aulted Mycenae, lost, and retreated with the cattle. The cattle...
- sjuːs/; Gr****: Περσεύς, translit. ****ús) is the legendary founder of the ****id dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Gr**** hero...
- Gr****: Γοργοφόνη) was queen of both Messenia and Sparta and a member of the ****id dynasty. Her name means "Gorgon Slayer", a tribute to her father ****us...
- control during the 1993 ****id meteor shower. A similar event occurred with the Landsat 5 spacecraft during the 2009 ****id meteor shower. Spacecraft...
- composed of three loosely connected novellas. The novellas are Dunyazadiad, ****id and Bellerophoniad, whose titles refer eponymously to the mythical characters...
- Armstrong (published by ****id Publishing, ISBN 978-0985935153, ISBN 0985935154) Dreamers in **** (2013), anthology (published by ****id Press, ISBN 978-0-9892100-2-7)...
- nucleus is 26 km (16 mi) in diameter. Swift–Tuttle is the parent body of the ****id meteor shower, perhaps the best known shower and among the most reliable...
- became permanent after his death in battle, which ended the rule of the ****id dynasty in Mycenae. According to most ancient sources, Atreus was the father...
- the leading shower. In most years, the most visible meteor shower is the ****ids, which peak on 12 August of each year at over one meteor per minute. NASA...