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Perseis' name has been linked to Περσίς (Persís), "female Persian", and πέρθω (pérthō), "destroy" or "slay" or "plunder". [citation needed]Kerenyi also noted the connection between her and Hecate due to their names, denoting a chthonic aspect of the nymph, as well as that of Persephone, whose name "can be taken to be a longer, perhaps simply a more ceremonious, form of Perse ...
Up to 100 meteors can be seen per hour under ideal viewing conditions.
The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the constellation Perseus and in more modern times have a radiant bordering on Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis .
The bright Perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year. Spectators can expect to see the greatest number of meteors during the shower's peak on the morning of August 12 ...
The Perseids result from “bigger particles than a lot of other showers,” said NASA’s Bill Cooke, giving them the appearance of “bright fireballs” — easier to spot than many others. How ...
In Greek mythology, the Perseides, "those born of Perseus" and Andromeda, are the members of the House of Perseus, descended, according to Valerius Flaccus [1] through Perse and Perses.
When does the Perseid meteor shower peak? The Perseids are active from July 14 to Sept. 1 — but like all meteor showers, it shoots the most stars at its peak. This year, the Perseids peak in the ...
Perseus has nowadays branched into other projects: the Scaife Viewer, which is the first phase of the work towards Perseus 5.0, [11] the Perseus Catalog, [1] [12] [13] which provides links to the digital editions not hosted by the Perseus Library, the Perseids Project, [1] which aims to support access to Classics scholarship by providing tools ...