PERSEID Definition & Meaning

Perseid

[ pur-see-id ]

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noun

Astronomy.

any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.

Perseid

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noun

any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around August 12th and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Perseid¹

First recorded in 1870–75; Perseus ( def ) + -id ¹( def ); modeled on Italian Perseidi (plural), a term coined or used by Giovanni Schiaparelli ( def )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Perseid¹

C19: from Greek �ʱ��ŧ�� daughters of Perseus ¹

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Joshua Tree National Park, a frequent refuge for stargazers, is preparing for a surge of visitors during the Perseid meteor shower this month.

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The experience immediately sent him back to growing up stargazing with his mom — he recalled that on his 12th birthday, she woke him up in the middle of the night to watch the 2001 Perseid meteor shower.

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Stunning displays of the Northern lights have been seen right across the UK, coinciding for the second night in a row with the Perseid meteor shower.

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The Perseid meteor shower occurs over several nights in mid-August.

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Somerset photographer, Josh Dury, took the shot on Friday as the Perseid meteor shower streaked through the sky above Stonehenge in Wiltshire.

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