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METEORITE SHOWER [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Planets
CONT

... a swarm of separate meteoritic bodies may arrive together, a phenomenon called a meteorite shower. The number of bodies in a shower can be very great.... The area in which the stones fall is generally a rough ellipse along the direction of flight.... Any shower contains stones of different shapes and sizes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Planètes
CONT

Le nombre de météorites fournies par une même chute est parfois si considérable qu'il constitue une véritable averse. Dans ce cas les pierres, de dimensions variées [...] sont distribuées sur une surface elliptique dont le grand axe coïncide avec la direction de la trajectoire du bolide.

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