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Perseid Meteor Shower
Aug. 5th, 2004 12:28 pmSomeone wanted a reminder (smonster? not sure) about the Perseid Meteor Shower. It's next week. Here are some URLs:
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/perseids.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/25jun_perseids2004.htm
This is a good year for Perseids, for two reasons, explains Bill Cooke of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. First, the Moon is new in mid-August; moonlight won't spoil the show. Second, in addition to the usual shower on August 12th, there might be an extra surge of meteors on August 11th caused by a filament of dust newly drifting across Earth's orbit.
I'm heading out on my annual Perseid camping trip next week. We'll be on the edge of the Desolation Wilderness the peak night, Aug. 11, then we're moving to the Hope Valley. Try not to have a massive black-out again, East Coast.
Wishing you all lots of good viewing, LT.
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/perseids.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/25jun_perseids2004.htm
This is a good year for Perseids, for two reasons, explains Bill Cooke of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. First, the Moon is new in mid-August; moonlight won't spoil the show. Second, in addition to the usual shower on August 12th, there might be an extra surge of meteors on August 11th caused by a filament of dust newly drifting across Earth's orbit.
I'm heading out on my annual Perseid camping trip next week. We'll be on the edge of the Desolation Wilderness the peak night, Aug. 11, then we're moving to the Hope Valley. Try not to have a massive black-out again, East Coast.
Wishing you all lots of good viewing, LT.