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Definition of Lyrids

Lyrid
Lyrid Ly"rid (l[imac]"r[i^]d), n. (Astron.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

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- (Spacedex Apr 15, 2016) Lyrids results for 2012 / Lyrids in 2012 (International Meteor Organization) Everything you need to know: Lyrid meteor shower (Earthsky...
- should receive the P/ designation. The comet is the parent body of the April Lyrids meteor shower. C/1861 J1 – Great comet of 1861 153P/Ikeya–Zhang – periodic...
- Astronomical Society, with which he co-discovered a meteor shower, the June Lyrids in June 1966. After teacher training in Gateshead in the late 1960s, he...
- star Vega (α Lyr) (0.03m) Messier objects 2 Meteor showers Lyrids June Lyrids Alpha Lyrids Bordering constellations Draco Hercules Vulpecula Cygnus Visible...
- However, these dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. The Lyrids meteor shower appears on April 16 – April 26 each year, with the peak generally...
- C/1490 Y1. Comet C/1385 U1 has also been studied as a possible source. Lyrids late April Comet Thatcher Pi Puppids (periodic) late April Comet 26P/Grigg–Skjellerup...
- Hydrometeor International Meteor Organization Leonids List of meteor showers Lyrids Meteor air burst North American Meteor Network Orionids ****ids Tollmann's...
- Centaurids 31 Jan – 20 Feb 9 Feb 319.2 14.0 −59 58 6 bright undiscovered Lyrids 14 Apr – 30 Apr 22 Apr 32.32 18.1 +34 49 18 bright C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)...
- occurred in 1769 and 1770. 2283 C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) (source of the April Lyrids) is expected to come to perihelion. 2284 Perihelion of Comet Halley. Previous...
- after p****ing the March equinox, the solar longitude (λ☉) of the April Lyrids is 32°. The value of the solar longitude, like any ecliptic longitude, depends...