Meteor Shower Pronunciation Guide

Meteor showers are formed by comets and asteroids that come close to the Sun. Heat from the Sun causes dust and rock to break off the body and gather into a collection of debris that moves along the body's orbital path. If Earth's orbit crosses this path, there is a meteor shower as the dust particles vaporize in Earth's atmosphere, about 90 km above Earth's surface.

Name	Pronunciation	Listen
The Quadrantids	kwa-DRAN-tids
The Lyrids	LYE-rids
The Eta Aquarids	AY-tah AK-wa-rids
The South Delta Aquarids	south DEL-tah AK-wa-rids
The Perseids	PUR-see-ids
The Orionids	o-RYE-o-nids
The South Taurids	south TOR-ids
The North Taurids	north TOR-ids
The Leonids	LEE-o-nids
The Geminids	GEM-e-nids
The Ursids	UR-sids