Perseids
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(pûr´sdz´´): see meteor shower.
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Meteor Shower - increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky.
Perseids
The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle.
The Perseids
The Perseid meteor shower starts in late July and runs to late August. The peak this year is expected on 12 August between 11.30-14.00 hours GMT but the best time to view from the UK will be after dark on August 12th.
The weather forecast is patchy for parts of the UK, but generally the warm summer nights make the Perseids one of the more attractive prospects for casual observers.
The Perseids, probably the best known and most reliable of all meteor showers, are expected to peak before dawn's first light on August 12. It's probable that you'll see 50 to 100 meteors per hour.
August 12, 13 - Perseids Meteor Shower. The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak.
Halley's comet has the designation 1P/Halley, the parent body of the Perseids, 109P/Swift-Tuttle. See also: Meteoroid Stream Fireball A bright meteor with an apparent visual magnitude of -4 mag. or brighter.
The Perseids are one of the most famous and most glorious meteor showers. It duration extends from July 23th to August 22nd. The maximum occurs on August 12th/13th, but it is also worth to observe this shower before and after this date.
The most visible meteor shower in most years are the Perseids, which peak on August 12th of each year at over 1 meteor a minute. The most spectacular meteor shower is probably the Leonids, the King of Meteor Showers.
Born in 1939, Hal has observed the Perseids for 54 consecutive years and has photographed over 2000 meteors. He is the discoverer of the Upsilon Pegasid Meteor Shower.
The Perseids are a meteor shower that occur each year from July 23-Aug. 22, with a maximum on Aug. 12.
The Perseids appear to diverge from the Perseus constellation and the Leonids diverge from Leo.
The Perseids are a that occur each year from July 23-Aug. 22, with a maximum on Aug. 12. This meteor shower occurs each year as the passes through the orbit of the , and icy remnants of the burn up as they enter the .
The Perseids are visible from about the fil th of July to the 10th of August, the radiant having a daily motion of about 1° R.A. to E.N.E.
There are about eight "shooting stars" per hour every night, but your chances improve considerably during major meteor showers, such as the Perseids and Geminids. The Perseids peak the evening of Aug. 11 and the Geminids the evening of Dec. 13.
At it's best, the Perseids this year should produce about one shooting star per minute.
Over the period 1864-1866 the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli computed the orbit of the Perseid meteors, and based on orbital similarities, correctly hypothesized that the Perseids were fragments of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
However during the Perseids shower (25th July to 18th August) or Leonids (15-19th November) you should still be able to see a meteor every few minutes.
Note that one of the best meteor showers, the Perseids, happens in August. "Peak time" is when you are likely to see the largest number of meteors per hour. It occurs in the middle of August can be quite spectacular to see! ...
Perseids, 27 July-17 August, Star Region: Eta Perseii
Orionids, 15-25 October, Star Region: Nu Orionis
Leonids, 14-20 November, Star Region: Zeta Leonis
Andromedids, 26 November-4 December, Star Region: Gamma Andromedae ...
If you've never seen a meteor shower, this month's Perseids are a perfect introduction. Check them out on Aug. 12, 2010.
Tonight's Sky: Highlights of the August Sky → ...
The Geminid Meteor shower is one of the most active of the year, sometimes surpassed only by the Perseids in intensity.
Meteor velocities usually fall within a range of about 10 km/s and 70 km/s. Two of the best annual meteor showers are the Perseids in August and the Leonids in November. See our list of this year's meteor showers for more information.
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup is the parent body of the Pi Puppids;
55P/Tempel-Tuttle provides the fuel for the Leonids in November;
and the most famous shower of them all, the Perseids, originates with 109P/Swift-Tuttle.
If meteors occur only seconds or minutes apart then it is known as a meteor shower and it takes its name from the constellation from which the shower appears to originate (the radiant point). For example the Perseids appears to originate in the ...
Magog Worldship is a structure of 20 planets and an artificial sun, home to trillions of Magog and a grave threat to the Known Worlds.
Perseids, a highly intelligent race of alien scientists and bureaucrats.
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