Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 401
movingin the same direction, else they would soon be widely scat-tered. This motion is connected with the radiant jpoi7it,a well-marked feature of a meteoric shower. 382 A8TR0N0MT. Kadiant Point.—Suppose that, during a meteoric shower, wemark the path of each meteor on a star map, as in the figure.… … Fig. 100.—RADiAjfT 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…
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