meteor shower

noun

: a large number of meteors seen in a short time

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The Night Sky There’s more going on this week than just a meteor shower. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 Fireballs can be associated with a specific meteor shower, or can occur 'sporadically' when random chunks of debris collide with the atmosphere. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 June 2025 Later, August will bring the Perseid meteor shower, though a bright waning gibbous moon might overshadow the show. Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025 The annual meteor shower event will be most visible in April and is named after the constellation Lyra, the harp, located near the point in the sky where the Lyrids appear to originate. Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for meteor shower

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“Meteor shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meteor%20shower. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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