radiants

/ˈreɪdiənts/
noun
  1. Points in the sky from which a meteor shower appears to originate.
    • Astronomers track the radiants of different meteor showers to study their orbits.
    • The Perseid meteor shower has its radiant in the constellation Perseus.
    • We looked toward the radiant of the Leonids to see the most meteors.
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