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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...
- composed of three loosely connected novellas. The novellas are Dunyazadiad, ****id and Bellerophoniad, whose titles refer eponymously to the mythical characters...
- control during the 1993 ****id meteor shower. A similar event occurred with the Landsat 5 spacecraft during the 2009 ****id meteor shower. Spacecraft...
- sjuːs/; Gr****: Περσεύς, translit. ****ús) is the legendary founder of the ****id dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Gr**** hero...
- and Astellas called ****id Therapeutics, in which Maxygen retained majority ownership. The intention was to work through ****id to exploit most of Maxygen's...
- ****us who killed Medusa, the mortal Gorgon. Gorgophone as one of the ****ids, was the daughter of ****us and Andromeda. She was the sister of ****s...
- showers Lyrids Meteor air burst North American Meteor Network Orionids ****ids Tollmann's hypothetical bolide BaetylusSacred stones possibly originating...
- 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...
- The Zeta ****ids (ζ–****ids) are a daylight meteor shower that takes place from about May 20 to July 5. On the peak date of June 13, the radiant is only...