Quadrantid
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- proper noun
- /ˈkwɒdrəntɪd/
- Specialized
:
lluvia de cuadrántidos
- To fully enjoy the Quadrantid meteor shower, find a dark place away from city lights on the night of the event.
- Quadrantid meteor shower
Examples
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The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on January 3 each year, offering a spectacular display of meteors.
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The 2006 Quadrantid meteor shower benefits from the Moon's absence.
Academic text (2005) -
The Quadrantid is the shortest-lived meteorite shower, but the densest, except for the Perseids.
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The Quadrantid shower doesn't make much of a blip on our radar screens because it comes at the coldest, cloudiest time of year, and the rate peaks so sharply you rarely see meteors even one night removed from the maximum.
Academic text (2005) -
That's because the Quadrantid shower is named after an obsolete constellation, Quadrans Muralis (the Mural Quadrant).
Academic text (2005) -
Many astronomy enthusiasts gather every January to watch the annual Quadrantid meteor shower light up the night sky.
Synonyms
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Many bright shooting stars appear in the night sky at once
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quadrantid for the meteor shower was named after an old star group called Quadrans Muralis, and the root quadrant means 'a quarter' or 'four'. So the Quadrantid shower is named for that part of the sky where the meteors seem to come from, and it happens every January.