Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 401
vingin the same direction, else they would soon be widely scat-tered. This motion is connected with the radiant poi?ht,a well-marked feature of a meteoric shower. 382 ASTRONOMY. Badiant Point.—Suppose that, during a meteoric shower, wemark the patii of each meteor on a star map, as in the figure.… … RADIANT POINT OF METEORIC SHOWER. latter is, therefore, called the radiant point. In the figure the linesdo not all pass accurately through the same point. This is owingto the unavoidable errors made in marking out the path. It is found that the radiant point is always in the same positionamong the…
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