The Perseid Meteor Shower

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The perseid meteor shower. With very fast and bright meteors perseids frequently leave long wakes of light and color behind them as they streak through earth s atmosphere. 12 according to nasa. They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13.
The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year. Sky telescope magazine. A near earth perspective of its orbit the radiant of the perseid meteor shower and the orbit of the shower s parent comet 109p swift tuttle to show their spatial relationships on august 12 00 00 utc.
The perseid meteor shower one of the most popular meteor showers of the year will face some competition from the moon this year during its peak. 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. The perseids are one of the most plentiful showers 50 100 meteors seen per.
The perseid debris cloud is fairly wide 0 1 au filling the frame. About the meteor shower.