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Boötid

Boötid noun: a meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes.

Noun

Boötid (plural Boötids)

  1. A meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes.
    • Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke is recognized as the parent comet to the June Boötid meteor shower-a shower whose radiant location was first identified and described by Denning in June of 1916.2023 October 30, Martin Beech, William Frederick Denning: Grand Amateur and Doyen of British Meteor Astronomy, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 101

Forms of Boötid

pluralBoötids
alternative formBootid

Origin of Boötid

From Boöt(es) + -id.

Questions about Boötid

What does Boötid mean?
Boötid means a meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes.
What part of speech is Boötid?
Boötid is a noun.
What is the plural of Boötid?
The plural of Boötid is Boötids.

Words near Boötid in the dictionary

  1. Bozzos
  2. Bozüyük
  3. boæ
  4. Boëssé-le-Sec
  5. Boötes
  6. Boötid
  7. Boötids
  8. Bošnjaci
  9. Boșorod
  10. Boțești
  11. Boʻston

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