Post by SOL Owner on Aug 11, 2016 15:55:53 GMT -6
The most spectacular meteor shower of the year is going to be extra special tonight — here's how to watch
The Perseids, the most-watched meteor shower of the year, is happening right now.
As our planet spins through the tail of the Swift-Tuttle comet, tiny grain-of-rice-size bits of debris smack into our atmosphere and burn up, sizzling through the sky like shooting stars.
The meteor shower runs from July 17 until August 24 this year and will reach its peak in the evening hours of August 11.
And this year, a strange effect of the most massive planet in our solar system will make the Perseids twice as good.
"Forecasters are predicting a Perseid outburst this year with double normal rates on the night of Aug. 11-12," Bill Cooke, with NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office, said in a press release. "Under perfect conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per hour."
www.yahoo.com/finance/news/most-spectacular-meteor-shower-going-150000170.html
The Perseids, the most-watched meteor shower of the year, is happening right now.
As our planet spins through the tail of the Swift-Tuttle comet, tiny grain-of-rice-size bits of debris smack into our atmosphere and burn up, sizzling through the sky like shooting stars.
The meteor shower runs from July 17 until August 24 this year and will reach its peak in the evening hours of August 11.
And this year, a strange effect of the most massive planet in our solar system will make the Perseids twice as good.
"Forecasters are predicting a Perseid outburst this year with double normal rates on the night of Aug. 11-12," Bill Cooke, with NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office, said in a press release. "Under perfect conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per hour."
www.yahoo.com/finance/news/most-spectacular-meteor-shower-going-150000170.html