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Lyrids

meteor shower in the constellation Lyra
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Summary

Lyrids is a meteor shower[1]. Lyrids draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (meteor shower category, ranking #5 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • Constellation: Lyra[3]
  • Part of: C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)[4]
  • Commons category: Lyrids[5]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: April 22[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
  • Speed: 48 kilometre per second[8]
  • Has part(s) of the class: zenithal hourly rate[9]
  • Right ascension: 271 degree[10]
  • Declination: 34 degree[11]

Why It Matters

Lyrids has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Lyrids is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Q100254902. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Speed → {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+48'}
    Part of → —
    Constellation → Lyra
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'g
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Astronomic symbol image: Lyrid symbol (fixed width).svg"
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