1249: Meteor Showers - Revision history

Danger Kitty at 14:44, 19 March 2025

2025-03-19T14:44:13Z

Danger Kitty at 14:43, 19 March 2025

2025-03-19T14:43:36Z

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2025-03-02T09:10:22Z

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2025-03-02T09:07:39Z

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172.69.194.92: Good trick, but it's future-unproof, because all it takes is for one velociraptor to feature in a new comic and this statement starts falsely claiming a continuing untruth (until somebody thinks to totally re-edit it as an "until" statement, not "as of".

2025-02-22T08:53:42Z

Good trick, but it's future-unproof, because all it takes is for one velociraptor to feature in a new comic and this statement starts falsely claiming a continuing untruth (until somebody thinks to totally re-edit it as an "until" statement, not "as of".

Firestar233: updating date

2025-02-22T03:17:47Z

updating date

172.68.211.98 at 02:32, 22 February 2025

2025-02-22T02:32:15Z

42.book.addict: added Category:DRM using HotCat

2025-01-22T18:09:32Z

added Category:DRM using HotCat

172.69.37.146: Typo fix

2024-06-05T14:32:04Z

Typo fix

172.69.37.151: Fix spelling of "Tricuspids"

2024-06-05T14:29:31Z

Fix spelling of "Tricuspids"

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 |Chelyabids || No || Only one meteor per shower, but it's big. || A reference to the February 15, 2013, {{w|Chelyabinsk meteor}} whose explosion shattered windows within a large radius. || February 15th
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-|{{w|Lyrids}} || Yes || Meteors sometimes scream || A meteor large enough to reach the lower atmosphere could produce sound audible to observers on the ground, but this is very unusual. Also, meteors do not scream{{Citation Needed}}.|| April 22nd
+|{{w|Lyrids}} || Yes || Meteors sometimes scream || A meteor large enough to reach the lower atmosphere could produce sound audible to observers on the ground, but this is very unusual. Also, meteors do not scream.{{Citation Needed}}|| April 22nd
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 |Daytime {{w|Zeta Perseids}} || Yes || Likely a NASA hoax || This shower is mostly observed via its effects on radio and TV signals, and therefore a good target for conspiracy theorists responding to [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322133927/http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast06jun_1m June's Invisible Meteors - NASA Science]. || June 9th

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 |Chelyabids || No || Only one meteor per shower, but it's big. || A reference to the February 15, 2013, {{w|Chelyabinsk meteor}} whose explosion shattered windows within a large radius. || February 15th
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-|{{w|Lyrids}} || Yes || Meteors sometimes scream || A meteor large enough to reach the lower atmosphere could produce sound audible to observers on the ground, but this is very unusual. || April 22nd
+|{{w|Lyrids}} || Yes || Meteors sometimes scream || A meteor large enough to reach the lower atmosphere could produce sound audible to observers on the ground, but this is very unusual. Also, meteors do not scream{{Citation Needed}}.|| April 22nd
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 |Daytime {{w|Zeta Perseids}} || Yes || Likely a NASA hoax || This shower is mostly observed via its effects on radio and TV signals, and therefore a good target for conspiracy theorists responding to [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322133927/http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast06jun_1m June's Invisible Meteors - NASA Science]. || June 9th

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 ==Trivia==
-In the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/8/8a/20130809215612!meteor_showers.png original version of this comic], the date beneath the Dromaeosaurids shower was June 12<sup>th</sup>, the date of the velociraptor attacks in the Jurassic Park movie. To get the order of the dates correct it was probably easier to change just the date rather than move the Dromaeosaurids to the entry below June 9<sup>th</sup>.
+In the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/8/8a/20130809215612!meteor_showers.png original version of this comic], the date beneath the Dromaeosaurids shower was June 12<sup>th</sup> (instead of July 22<sup>nd</sup>), the date of the velociraptor attacks in the Jurassic Park movie. To get the order of the dates correct it was probably easier to change just the date rather than move the Dromaeosaurids to the entry below June 9<sup>th</sup>.
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 ==Trivia==
-*In the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/8/8a/20130809215612!meteor_showers.png original] version of this comic the date beneath the Dromaeosaurids shower was June 12<sup>th</sup>, the date of the velociraptor attacks in the Jurassic Park movie. To get the order of the dates correct it was probably easier to change just the date rather than move the Dromaeosaurids to the entry below June 9<sup>th</sup>.
+In the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/8/8a/20130809215612!meteor_showers.png original version of this comic], the date beneath the Dromaeosaurids shower was June 12<sup>th</sup>, the date of the velociraptor attacks in the Jurassic Park movie. To get the order of the dates correct it was probably easier to change just the date rather than move the Dromaeosaurids to the entry below June 9<sup>th</sup>.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 |{{w|Southern Delta Aquariids}} || Yes || Meteors very bright, but stationary || This is saying that they are indistinguishable from stars, or that the stars themselves are actually meteors. || July 19th
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-|Dromaeosaurids || No || Fast, highly intelligent, can open doors || {{w|Dromaeosauridae|Dromaeosaurids}} are a family of dinosaurs containing the genus ''Velociraptor'', well-known from the movie Jurassic Park in which they are presented as a deadly menace, fast and especially intelligent to the point of understanding how to open a door; this representation of Velociraptors is a [[:Category:Velociraptors|recurrent topic in xkcd]]. It seems, however, that Randall may have finally gotten over his fear of them; as of February 2025 (current newest comic: [[{{LATESTCOMIC}}]]), this comic is the most recent mention of Velociraptors on xkcd. Velociraptors being able to open a door is also mentioned in [[135: Substitute]]. || July 22nd
+|Dromaeosaurids || No || Fast, highly intelligent, can open doors || {{w|Dromaeosauridae|Dromaeosaurids}} are a family of dinosaurs containing the genus ''Velociraptor'', well-known from the movie Jurassic Park in which they are presented as a deadly menace, fast and especially intelligent to the point of understanding how to open a door; this representation of Velociraptors is a [[:Category:Velociraptors|recurrent topic in xkcd]]. It seems, however, that Randall may have finally gotten over his fear of them; it was still true that, by the time February 2025, this comic is the most recent mention of Velociraptors on xkcd. Velociraptors being able to open a door is also mentioned in [[135: Substitute]]. || July 22nd
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 |{{w|Perseids}} || Yes || Instead of falling from sky, meteors erupt from ground || Erupting from the ground is the funny inverse of falling from the sky, what meteors always do. || August 12th

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 |{{w|Quadrantids}} || Yes || Bring pets inside during peak activity || While keeping pets inside may be reasonable on days when fireworks are let off in the beginning of a new year, no regular meteor shower poses much danger to pets. || January 4th
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-|Ticuspids || No || Not viewable in region 2 countries || Apparently a play on the {{w|tricuspid valve}} in mammalian hearts, or possibly on bicuspid teeth. The mention of "Region 2" is a reference to {{w|region locking}}, a digital rights management (DRM) scheme intended to restrict media to certain areas. DRM of course does not apply to natural events.{{Citation needed}}  However, meteor showers are also geographically restricted, and the visible area might roughly coincide with a DRM region. Region 2 covers a large and scattered area, including Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and Japan: it is a meaningless geographical "region" for the purpose of astronomy. || January 21st
+|Tricuspids || No || Not viewable in region 2 countries || Apparently a play on the {{w|tricuspid valve}} in mammalian hearts, or possibly on bicuspid teeth. The mention of "Region 2" is a reference to {{w|region locking}}, a digital rights management (DRM) scheme intended to restrict media to certain areas. DRM of course does not apply to natural events.{{Citation needed}}  However, meteor showers are also geographically restricted, and the visible area might roughly coincide with a DRM region. Region 2 covers a large and scattered area, including Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and Japan: it is a meaningless geographical "region" for the purpose of astronomy. || January 21st
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 |({{w|Alpha Centaurids|Alpha}} / {{w|Theta Centaurids|Theta}}) Centaurids || Yes || Too faint to see without going outside || Since indoor lights and window glass make them harder to see, it would take a ''very'' bright meteor (like the Chelyabids two entries below) to be visible without going outside. || February 6th