showerSourcefunction
Where a row's figures come from, in a sentence: the International Meteor Organization's table for the dates, the radiant, the speed and the rate, the IAU Meteor Data Center for the name, the parent body and the check, and which of the radiant and speed were replaced by the IAU's.
Import it
import { showerSource } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/meteors";Definition
function showerSource(link: ShowerLink): stringParameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
link | ShowerLink | A shower's link ( |
Returns
string
The sentence, in English.
Examples
import { METEOR_LINKS, showerSource } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/meteors";
console.log(showerSource(METEOR_LINKS.find((link) => link.code === "LYR")!));dates and rate: IMO 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar, Table 5 (the IAU MDC lists no maximum date and no rate); speed from IAU MDC solution 10 of April Lyrids (IAU 6, 9980 meteors); the IMO table's was further off; parent body: comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), IAU MDC origin columnWhat it prints (run when this page was built)