Learn the Sky | Lyrids Meteor Shower 2022 @learnthesky | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The Lyrids meteor shower is one that occurs over a two-week period in April and usually peaks on April 22. The records of this meteor shower go back as far as 687 BC, the oldest known record of any meteor show to date.

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0:35 - Origin of Lyrids - Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher
2:14 - Definition of Meteor
4:25 - Meteor Shower and the Radiant
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▶NEOWISE Comet: By WI-Photos - Own work, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92756445
▶Meteor across Sky: By Michael Eberth - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50237776
▶Meteor at sunset: By Jacek Halicki - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34706346
▶Green meteor at sunset: By Stefanos Dermetzidis - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90806449
▶Lyrids Radiant: By Bruce McClure and Joni Hall - EarthSky.org[1], CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23834287
▶Railroad Tracks: By Bob Ramsak - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94729418

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