An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Aquarids
  آبکشیان  
Âbkašiyân
Fr.: Aquarides  

Several → meteor showers that have their → radiants in the constellation → Aquarius. The main showers are:

  1. Eta Aquarids,
    which occurs early in May and is apparently associated with → Halley’s comet, and
  2. Delta Aquarids occurring in early August.

Etymology (EN): Aquarids, from → Aquarius constellation + → -ids suffix denoting “descendant of, belonging to the family of.”

Etymology (PE): Âbkašiyân, from Âbkaš + -iyân, → -ids.