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Perseids

prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle
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Summary

Perseids is a meteor shower[1]. Perseids ranks in the top 8% of meteor shower entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,475 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Constellation: Perseus[3]
  • Named after: Perseus[4]
  • Part of: Comet Swift–Tuttle[5]
  • Commons category: Perseids[6]
  • Parent astronomical body: Comet Swift–Tuttle[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 36 BC[8]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: August 12[9]
  • Speed: 59 kilometre per second[10]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Population index[11], zenithal hourly rate[12]
  • Declination: 58 degree[13]

Why It Matters

Perseids has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Perseids is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Speed → {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+59'}
    Part of → —
    Constellation → Perseus
    Named after → Perseus
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Astronomic symbol image: Perseid symbol (fixed width).svg"
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