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Word: perseld (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University's Blue Hill Observatory claims that the falling stars will vie with the Perseld shower, which appears in the middle of August, as the richest of annual displays. On an ordinary clear night, as many as two or three an hour will fall into the earth's atmosphere causing a visible trail of light that lasts for several minutes before the meteorite burns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Huge Shower of Meteors Expected By Astronomers | 12/15/1950 | See Source »

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