Meteor Shower Pronunciation Guide By SPACE.com Staff
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
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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
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