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Meaning of "lyrid"
lyrid (adjective) - used to describe a specific annual meteor shower called the Lyrids, which are associated with the comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. The term 'Lyrid' is often used in astronomy to refer to this particular meteor shower
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- A shooting star or meteor observed as originating from the constellation Lyra, and belonging to the meteor shower seen each April.
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Lyrid meteors usually lack long persistent trails but can produce very bright firebals.
Tonight is the magnificent Lyrid meteor shower.
The Lyrid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you this weekend.
You do not need to identify Vega in order to watch the Lyrid meteor shower.
The ancient annual Lyrid meteor shower is finally here.
The Lyrid meteor shower is one of several major meteor showers that occur every year.
Every year the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet causing the Lyrid meteor shower.
The Lyrid meteor shower is at its best the next couple of nights.
One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrid is named after the constellation Lyra.
The Lyrid meteor shower is almost here yet again and many are quite excited.
When I was little, my dad brought us all out here for the Lyrid meteor shower.
The greatest number of Lyrid meteors usually fall in the few hours before dawn.
No, it 's how I intend to view the Lyrid meteor shower.
Lyrid meteors radiate from near the bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra the Harp.
It is from Vega 's constellation Lyra that the Lyrid meteor shower takes its name.
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Tonight, the Lyrid meteor shower will be taking place.
Most years in April there are no more than 10 to 20 Lyrid meteors per hour.
Will you see Lyrid meteors Monday morning?
Most years there are about 10-20 meteors per hour at the peak of the Lyrid shower.
April Lyrid meteors are usually around magnitude +2.
It's-It's science. Tonight is the magnificent Lyrid meteor shower.
The Lyrid meteor shower will peak before dawn on April 22.
The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor shower goes back to 687 BC in China.
What is the Lyrid meteor shower 's history?
This skymap shows the Lyrid radiant before local dawn on April 23rd.
Radiant point of the April Lyrid meteor shower, active each year around April 22.
