Perseid
noun
Per·se·id
ˈpər-sē-əd 
: any of a group of meteors that appear annually about August 11
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To measure this stress, the researchers used two key indicators.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Many Spanish residents identified the streaking object as a meteor associated with the Perseid meteor shower.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
The Perseid meteor shower is caused by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to orbit the sun and hasn't been in the inner solar system since 1992.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Stargazers on the lookout for the Perseid meteor shower were treated to an extra nighttime spectacular on Tuesday night as spirals appeared in the sky along the East Coast.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Many Spanish residents identified the streaking object as a meteor associated with the Perseid meteor shower.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
The Perseid meteor shower is caused by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to orbit the sun and hasn't been in the inner solar system since 1992.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Stargazers on the lookout for the Perseid meteor shower were treated to an extra nighttime spectacular on Tuesday night as spirals appeared in the sky along the East Coast.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Perseid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Perseid. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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