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What is a meteor shower?

What is a meteor shower? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.
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I have, however, seen wonderful phenomenon, like the Halebop Comet with the Northern Lights behind it and a meteor shower going on to boot.
The point of the celestial sphere from which the meteors of a meteor shower seem to be issued.
Don't miss one of the biggest star-studded events in Québec! Catch the annual Perseid meteor shower from the summit of Mont-Tremblant.
A spectacular meteor shower in the Orkney skies on Monday night ended in numerous calls to the coastguard and police from concerned Orcadians.
Olympus was damaged during the Perseid meteor shower in 1993 and had to be taken out of service.
It was a rare thirty-year occurrence, a large meteor shower as bright and wonderful as any fireworks display.

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