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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5360.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5360. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Meteors

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An intense burst of meteor activity of short duration (typically about an hour) associated with a periodic meteor shower. A meteor storm occurs when the Earth passes through a meteor swarm or a concentrated ribbon of debris recently shed by a comet. There is no generally agreed quantitative definition of what constitutes storm-level activity, but an hourly rate of 1000 is a reasonable lower limit...

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