Persiad Meteor Shower

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Persiad meteor shower. The perseids meteor shower appears when earth passes through the rubble left by comet swift tuttle and peaks this week in the early morning hours on wednesday aug. The meteor shower is also visible on august 10 and august 13 as well according to the american meteor society. The shower s maximum when the greatest number of meteors per hour fall 50 per hour is typically in the pre dawn hours when it s still dark of august 11 12 or 13.
The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year. The perseid meteor shower occurs every year from about july 23 to august 22 reaching its peak from late midnight august 11 to dawn august 13. The northern hemisphere s most popular celestial display of the year peaks tuesday night as the annual perseid meteor shower slingshots hundreds of shooting stars overhead.
What are the perseids. 12 according to nasa. The annual perseid meteor shower occurs when the earth passes through a stream of dust from the comet swift tuttle as shown in this orbit diagram.