An increased number of meteors appearing to radiate from a single area within a constellation at certain times of the year when the Earth crosses the debris trail of comets.

Event during which many meteors can be seen each hour, caused by the yearly passage of the Earth through the debris spread along the orbit of a comet.

A shower of meteors occurs when Earth's orbit intersects the orbit of a meteor stream.

An event in which a relatively large number of meteors appear to be coming from the same area (or, more accurately, going away from the same area) in the sky, during a relatively short time. Most meteor showers only involve a few meteors per hour, but some can involve dozens, hundreds, or even thousands. Exceptional meteor showers are sometimes referred to as meteor storms. All meteor showers, impressive or not, are caused by the Earth passing through meteoric debris lost by a comet at some time in the past.

a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere

an increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky

a phenomena which happens when the earth passes though a swarm of dusts emitted from a comet

a phenomenon in which many meteors fall through the atmosphere in a relatively short time and in approximately parallel trajectories

when Earth passes through the debris left by a comet, the small particles of dust and rocks enter the Earth's atmosphere. There they are heated by friction and begin to glow. These are called "shooting stars" or "falling stars"

A time when a lot of meteors enter the atmosphere at the same time.

the appearance of many meteors during a short period of time as the Earth passes through a comet’s orbit

A shower of meteors occurs when Earth's orbit intersects the orbit of a comet or its debris.

a period of meteor activity when 1 - 1000 meteors per hour can be seen from Earth. Meteor showers usually take place when the Earth passes through a stream of comet debris (also known as a "meteoroid stream").

is a higher than normal rate of meteors seen in the night sky. Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through the dusty path left by a comet. Meteor showers occur about the same time each year and are named for the constellation from which the meteors appear to radiate.

A display in which numerous meteors appear to originate from a specific point in the sky. A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the debris stream left in the wake of a comet or asteroid. As many as 100 meteors per hour can be observed during a meteor shower. A meteor storm is an intense meteor shower where thousands of meteors per hour are observed.

A large number of meteors that appear together and that seem to come from the same area in the sky, and probably come from the same source.

a period of enhanced meteor activity that occurs when Earth collides with a swarm of meteoroids; an individual shower happens at the same time each year and has all its meteors appearing to radiate from a common point

An event where a large number of meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere from the same direction in space at nearly the same time. Most meteor showers take place when the Earth passes through the debris left behind by a comet.

a large number of meteors that enter a planet's atmosphere at about the same time.

Where lots of meteors fall through the atmosphere in a relatively short time. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through a comet's orbit and occur at predictable dates each year.

A regular (typically annual) event in which the orbit of Earth intersects that of a meteoroid stream, causing a number of meteors with approximately parallel trajectories which appear to emanate from the same radiant.

what happens when the Earth passes through the dust trail left by a comet in its orbit. The dust grains are the size of a grain of sand or smaller and produce a large number of meteors in a short time that appear to come from a particular point in the sky.

A number of meteors with approximately parallel trajectories. The meteors belonging to one shower appear to emanate from their radiant. See also: Meteor, Solar longitude, Trajectory

many meteors appearing to radiate from a common point in the sky caused by the collision of the Earth with a swarm of meteoroids.

A group of meteors which appear to radiate from the same part of the sky and which occur over a limited period of a few days or hours. Dozens of annual showers are known though only a few give significant regular displays.

A meteor shower, also known as a "meteor storm," is a celestial event where a large number of meteors are seen within a very short period. These meteors are small fragments of cosmic debris entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speed, leaving a streak of light that very quickly disappears. Most of the small fragments of cosmic debris are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all fragments are burnt up and never hit the earth's surface.