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All about meteor showers by Jason Westley The classification of space debris makes it very clear what a meteor is. When a solid particle hits the earth’s atmosphere, friction and ram pressure from its passage through the air heats the particle and the surrounding gasses. When it is ho... More> Causes of meteor showers by Aldrin A Wilding-West What causes meteor showers? To understand this we must first look at other orbiting bodies in our solar system. There are many, many comets held by the gravitational pull of our sun, Sol. These comets spend many years in the outer reaches of t... More>
	Best times to see the meteor showers 2010 by AngelaWhite The Geminid Radiant Meteor Shower The Geminid Radiant is a annual meteor shower that can be seen from the first week in December to the third. For the Northern Hemisphere, it is a sky-watching paradise, as the viewing gets better each night. F... More> Guide to the Lyrids meteor shower by Steven Mars The Lyrids Meteor Shower occurs from April 16 to April 26 every year. Meteors are also called “shooting stars”. The source is the comet C1861 Thatcher . A.E. Thatcher of New York on April 15, 1861. Carl Wilhelm Baeker also found the come... More>
The best locations to observe meteor showers by Jose Juan Gutierrez Meteor showers are caused by small fragments of cosmic debris left out by the orbits of comets. This debris is encountered when the Earth´s orbit passes through that orbit, producing intense streams of light which very quickly disintegra... More> When and how to view the Perseid meteor shower by Marie Bywater The Perseid meteor shower provides one of the most striking displays compared to the other 360 odd meteors. The annual Perseid meteor peaks on August 12th when the number of meteors is expected to be above 75 meteors an hour in the Northern Hemisphe... More>
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