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meteoorivool

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ID 576002 Last modified 05.12.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • ühise päritoluga ja lähestikku liikuvate meteoorkehade parv või vool
  • celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky
meteoorivool
Usage examples
  • Meteoorivoolusid on väga erinevaid – mõned annavad tunni jooksul paar-kolm meteoori, teiste puhul võib voolu maksimumis sama ajaga nähtavate meteooride arv ületada sadat.
meteor shower
Usage examples
  • A meteor shower’s name is usually derived from that of the constellation (or of a star therein) in which the shower’s radiant is situated—i.e., the point in the sky from which perspective makes the parallel meteor tracks seem to originate.

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

meteoorivool meteoorivoolud
meteoorivoolu meteoorivoolude
meteoorivoolu meteoorivoole ~ meteoorivoolusid

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