meteor
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Her daughter would arrive 13 days late, she wrote, “in the face of a solar eclipse and meteor shower,” which places the child’s birth date around Aug. 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Romans saw meteor showers and eclipses as divine auguries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The day also marks the best time of the year to see the Perseids meteor shower.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
During an eclipse, the sky darkens offering a short window to see the Perseid meteor shower, which also peaks on Wednesday evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The shoulder of the road is ground zero for a meteor shower of bottles, cans, tires, hubcaps, French fry holders, and discarded shopping bags.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
The Perseids is active from mid-July to 23 Aug this year, but on most nights the shower will only display a few meteors each hour.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Light pollution will hide the fainter meteors, leaving only the brightest ones visible.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The meteors appear to come from this part of the sky, but they can streak across almost any direction, so viewers should scan a wide area overhead.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Carbonaceous chondrites of the Ornans class are definitely not like the typical meteors you find in museum collections," says Dr. Philippe Claeys, who worked on the study as a visiting professor at UBC.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The troopers’ biggest challenge was calming people down and explaining that no meteors or Martians had fallen.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing meteor
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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