Quadrantid

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Quadrantid [ˈkwɒˌdræntɪd]

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around Jan. 3 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Boötes

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No references found			The shooting stars The moon will still be dark as the Quadrantid meteors fall during the first week of January. Poor will's Almanack for deep winter and late winter 2006 by Countryside & Small Stock Journal 3-10 aboard Celebrity Cruises' Galaxy not only will give passengers a chance to view the Quadrantid meteor shower but allow some passengers to have a star named after them. TOURS, ETC.: THE HAWAIIAN CYCLE OF LIFE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) 3, 1982 -- just the time when the Quadrantid, an annual high-latitude meteor shower, passed through the atmosphere. Atmospheric footprints of icy meteors by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News			quad bike quad. quadr- Quadra quadra- Quadrable quadragenarian quadragenarianism Quadragenarious Quadragene Quadragesima Quadragesima Sunday Quadragesimal Quadragesimals quadrangle quadrangular quadrangular prism Quadrans quadrant quadrant elevation Quadrant of altitude Quadrantal Quadrantal triangle Quadrantal versor quadrantanopia Quadrantid quadraphonic quadraphonic system quadraphonics quadraphony quadrasonic quadrat quadrate Quadrate bone quadratic quadratic equation quadratic formula quadratic polynomial quadratics Quadratojugal Quadratojugal bone Quadratrix quadrature Quadrature of an orbit Quadrature of the moon Quadrel quadrella quadrennial Quadrennially quadrennium quadri-			Quadrant Photodiode Quadrant Risk Management International Ltd. Quadrant Security Group Ltd quadrant sight Quadrant Slant-Hole quadrant streak Quadrantal Quadrantal Quadrantal Quadrantal Quadrantal quadrantal angle quadrantal correctors quadrantal deviation quadrantal error Quadrantal Error Correction quadrantal point quadrantal spheres quadrantal spherical triangle Quadrantal triangle Quadrantal versor quadrantanopia quadrantanopia quadrantanopsia quadrantanopsia quadrantectomy quadrantectomy quadrantectomy quadrantectomy quadrantic hemianopsia Quadrantid Quadrantids Quadrantids Quadrants Quadrants Quadrants Quadrants Quadrants Quadrapalegic Quadrapalegic Quadrapalegic Quadraparesis Quadraparesis Quadraparesis Quadraped Quadraped Quadraped quadraphonic Quadraphonic sound quadraphonic sound system quadraphonic system quadraphonically Quadraphonics quadraphony Quadraplegia Quadraplegia Quadraplegia Quadraplegic Quadraplegic Quadraplegic Quadraplex

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