Auger shower

Auger shower

noun Astronomy.
a very large cosmic ray shower caused by a primary cosmic ray entering the earth's atmosphere.

Origin:
see Auger effect
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Auger shower is always a great word to know.
So is alpha. Does it mean:
one fourth of the moon's monthly revolution
used to designate the brightest star in a constellation
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