Meteor shower
Perseids
A prominent summer meteor shower whose radiant lies in the constellation Perseus, produced by debris from comet Swift–Tuttle.
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- Meteor shower
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- Scientific connections
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- Type: Meteor shower
- Domain: Scientific connections
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Associated with Comet Swift–Tuttle.
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- Object type
- Meteor shower
- Graph relations
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- Verified sources
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- Image records
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- Domain
- Scientific connections
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Atlas context
- Associated with
Comet Swift–Tuttle
- Associated with
Perseus (constellation)
- Meteor shower of parent
Comet Swift–Tuttle
- Associated with
Meteor Observing
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- Object class
- Meteor shower
- Catalog numbers
- Not recorded
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- Sources
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- Associated withComet Swift–Tuttle
Parent comet of the Perseids.
- Meteor shower of parentComet Swift–Tuttle
- Associated withMeteor Observing
- Associated withPerseus (constellation)
Radiant lies in Perseus.
- Associated withSeason Planner
Continue the atlas
Curated next objects
Comet Swift–Tuttle
A periodic comet (109P/Swift–Tuttle) that is the parent body of the Perseid meteor shower.
constellationPerseus (constellation)
amateur activityMeteor Observing
Counting and recording meteors during a shower — their number, brightness, and paths — to measure the shower's strength and structure. Coordinated worldwide by the International Meteor Organization, it is a science anyone can do with nothing but their eyes and patience.
observing plannerSeason Planner
What each season brings — the constellations overhead, the meteor showers, and the signature deep-sky objects — so a year of observing can be planned in advance.
comet classHalley-Type Comets
Periodic comets with orbits of decades to a couple of centuries, named for their prototype, Halley's Comet.
organizationInternational Meteor Organization
The global body that coordinates amateur meteor observation, collecting counts from observers around the world to measure the strength and structure of meteor showers and to study the streams of debris that cause them.
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
meteor_shower:perseids- Type
- Meteor shower
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
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- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/meteor_shower:perseids
Scientific quality
Substantial3 of 4 applicable dimensions complete
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Complete
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- Not applicable
- Image coverage
- Not applicable
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
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- Comet classHalley-Type CometsLinked through Comet Swift–Tuttle
- OrganizationInternational Meteor OrganizationLinked through Meteor Observing
- Small-body reservoirOort CloudLinked through Comet Swift–Tuttle
- Star12 PerseiLinked through Perseus (constellation)
- Star14 PerseiLinked through Perseus (constellation)
- Star16 PerseiLinked through Perseus (constellation)
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- IMOInternational Meteor Organization
Meteor shower activity, radiants, and peak forecasts.