The Perseids Meteor Shower

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The perseids meteor shower. Swift tuttle comet has orbital period of 133 28 years. Still the perseids are bright. Yet people say that debris and dust from this comet causes this meteor shower.

About the meteor shower. They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13. We expect a good number to overcome the.

Even if the weather doesn t cooperate in washington during the. The perseid meteor shower over the saskatchewan summer star party on august 10 2018 with an aurora as a bonus. In 2020 the peak mornings for the perseid meteor shower august 11 12 and 13 will feature meteors under moonlight.

Made of tiny space debris from the comet swift tuttle the perseids are named after the constellation perseus. The perseids are one of the most plentiful showers 50 100 meteors seen per. With very fast and bright meteors perseids frequently leave long wakes of light and color behind them as they streak through earth s atmosphere.

This does not make any sense. The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year. The bright perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year.

Or do they want to say that from 1992 every year for 28 years earth picked up debris left behind so many years ago while passing the august part of orbit. But if the last quarter moon that will appear during the shower this year is especially bright they ll be washed out. The perseids which peak during mid august are considered the best meteor shower of the year.