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Date of peak: August 12 (August 13 for 2023) [5 ... summer time The radiant point for the Perseid meteor shower A meteoroid of the Perseids with a size of ...
The Perseid meteor shower has already begun, but the peak time to watch it in the U.S. is the night of Aug. 11-12, says Alex Filippenko, a distinguished professor of astronomy at the University of ...
August 8, 2023 at 1:45 PM. 1 / 4. Perseids to spark up to 100 meteors an hour during peak this weekend. ... The Perseid meteor shower will peak on the night of Saturday, Aug. 12, into the early ...
Updated August 12, 2023 at 11:50 AM. ... The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year as Earth passes through a cloud of dust particles and debris from a comet known as 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which was ...
The Milky Way galaxy appears as a Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site in the southern israel Negev desert near the Israeli village of Faran early on 12 August 2023 (AFP via ...
This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...
Over 50 meteors per hour may be visible during the Perseids’ peak August 12 and 13. The annual meteor shower is one of the biggest and brightest of the year.
August 9, 2023 at 12:46 PM. NEW YORK (AP) — The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend, sending bright trails of light streaking across the night sky.