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Ursids: History & Standards

The Ursid (URS) meteor activity begins annually around December 17 and runs for over a week, until the 25th or 26th. This meteor shower is named for its radiant point, which is located near the star Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) in the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Ursids topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Ursids.

Related topics
11
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
14
Extracted relationships
39
Concept neighborhoods
8
Bridge connections
14

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 6 topics
Overview · 4 topics
Technical information · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Constellation
Ursa Minor (near Kochab)
Date of peak
December 22
Declination
+75.3° (Northern Hemisphere)
Occurs during
December 17 – December 26
Parent body
8P/Tuttle
Right ascension
14h 36m

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Technical information

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Ursids connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ursids shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ursids → Bečvář, Denning, Dr, Esko Lyytinen, Further, Jupiter, Peter Jenniskens, The Ursids, Tuttle, While, William Another extracted example is Ursids → DEC, December, Earlier, Florida, III, McLeod, Norman, Quadrantids, RA, The Ursids, You. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ursids

Top relations

related to history · 11
Ursids → Bečvář, Denning, Dr, Esko Lyytinen, Further, Jupiter, Peter Jenniskens, The Ursids, Tuttle, While, William
related to Technical information · 11
Ursids → DEC, December, Earlier, Florida, III, McLeod, Norman, Quadrantids, RA, The Ursids, You
related to External links · 9
Ursids → Constellation Guide, Fall, Gary Kronk's Meteor Showers, Java, Online, RMOB, Ursid Airborne Campaign, Ursids Radio, UrsidsInternational Meteor Organisation Calendar
Constellation · 1
Ursids → Ursa Minor (near Kochab)
Date of peak · 1
Ursids → December 22
Declination · 1
Ursids → +75.3° (Northern Hemisphere)
Occurs during · 1
Ursids → December 17 – December 26
Parent body · 1
Ursids → 8P/Tuttle
Right ascension · 1
Ursids → 14h 36m
Velocity · 1
Ursids → 33 km/s

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

meteor radiant december 17 constellation kochab tuttle near ursa minor observations ursid around shower comet 8p 22 see showers discovered

Ursids relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 39 structured relationships around Ursids. Examples in this analysis include Ursids → Constellation → Ursa Minor (near Kochab) and Ursids → Date of peak → December 22. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UrsidsConstellationUrsa Minor (near Kochab)1.00infobox
UrsidsDate of peakDecember 221.00infobox
UrsidsDeclination+75.3° (Northern Hemisphere)1.00infobox
UrsidsOccurs duringDecember 17 – December 261.00infobox
UrsidsParent body8P/Tuttle1.00infobox
UrsidsRight ascension14h 36m1.00infobox
UrsidsVelocity33 km/s1.00infobox
UrsidsZenithal hourly rate101.00infobox
Ursidsrelated to External linksGary Kronk's Meteor Showers0.60section
Ursidsrelated to External linksOnline0.60section
Ursidsrelated to External linksUrsidsInternational Meteor Organisation Calendar0.60section
Ursidsrelated to External linksFall0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ursids bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Meteor, See and Showers. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • meteor shower
    • Constellation
    • Minoris
    • Star
    • Ursae
    • Ursids
    • Kochab
    • Minor
    • Near
    • See
    • Showers
    • Ursa
    • Ursid
  • radiant
    • Minor
    • Near
    • Ursa
    • Minoris
    • Point
    • Star
    • Ursae
    • 8p
    • Discovered
    • Established
    • Maximum
    • See
  • Ursids
    • Meteor
    • See
    • Showers
    • Stream
    • Constellation
    • 8p
    • Discovered
    • Kochab
    • Maximum
    • Minor
    • Near
    • Ursa
  • ursids
    • Meteor
    • See
    • Showers
    • Stream
    • Constellation
    • 8p
    • Discovered
    • Kochab
    • Maximum
    • Minor
    • Near
    • Ursa
  • 8p/tuttle
    • Comet
    • Discovered
    • Tuttle
    • Established
    • Kochab
    • Minor
    • Near
    • See
    • Showers
    • Ursa
    • Constellation
    • December
  • beta ursae minoris
    • Beta
    • Located
    • Minoris
    • Named
    • Point
    • Star
    • Ursae
    • Kochab
    • Minor
    • Near
    • Shower
    • Ursa
  • ursa minor
    • Near
    • Ursa
    • Radiant
    • Minoris
    • Named
    • Point
    • Star
    • Ursae
    • 8p
    • Discovered
    • See
    • Shower
  • comet
    • Tuttle
    • Discovered
    • Established
    • Observations

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ursids, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ursids with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
UrsidsHistory · splits 8 ⟂ 7
UrsidsOverview · splits 10 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ursids

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples39
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ursids to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ursids · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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