Qingyang event
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The Qingyang event was a presumed meteor shower or air burst that took place near Qingyang in March or April 1490. The area was at the time part of Shaanxi, but is now in Gansu province. A 1994 study
Pingualuit aerial 2007
Quadrantids
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The Quadrantids are a meteor shower that peaks in early January and whose radiant lies in the constellation Boötes. The zenithal hourly rate of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably
Qingyang event
…without reporting the number of victims. In the same year, Asian astronomers coincidentally discovered comet C/1490 Y1, a possible progenitor of the Quadrantid meteor showers. At least three surviving Chinese historical records describe a shower of rocks, one stating that "stones fell like rain." Human fatality estimates in…
Radiant point of Quadrantid meteor shower, active each year in early January