meteor shower
noun[C]
uk/ˈmiː.ti.ɔː ˌʃaʊ.ər/us/ˈmiː.t̬i.ɔːr ˌʃaʊ.ɚ/anoccasionwhen anumberofmeteors(=piecesofmatterinspacethatproduceabrightlightas theytravel)movefastacrosstheskyatnight:
流星雨The Orionids are one of twoannualmeteorshowers.猎户座流星雨是每年两次流星雨中的一次。
This could be thebestmeteorshowerthat anybodyalivetoday willeversee.这可能是目前世人可能看到的最棒的流星雨。
- NosignificantmeteorshowertakesplaceinSeptember.
- Astronomersbeganlookingat whatcausesmeteorshowers.
- Nometeorshowercancompareto the oneseenin 1833.
Astronomy
- albedo
- Andromeda
- Aquarius
- Aries
- asteroid
- full moon
- galactic
- galaxy
- Gemini
- geostationary orbit
- orbit
- orbital
- penumbra
- phase
- Pisces
- substellar
- sunspot
- supergiant
- supermassive
- supermoon