Helion (meteoroid)
For other uses, see Helion (disambiguation).
A Helion meteoroid is a meteoroid that arrives from the approximate direction of the Sun. They are thought to originate as debris from sun-grazing comets.
References
- "Exploding Lunar Eclipse", an article about an attempt to observe Helion meteoroids, Science@NASA, August 27, 2007.
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