Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 403
movingin the same direction, else they would soon be widely scat-tered. This motion is connected with the radiant poi?ii,a well-marked feature of a meteoric shower. 383 ASTRONOMY. Radiant Point.—Suppose that, during a meteoric shower, wemark the path of each meteor on a star map, as in the figure.… … Fig. 100.—eadiastt point of meteoric showeb. 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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