Perseid Meteor Shower To Put On Night Time Show This Week

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s often 1 of the astir anticipated meteor showers of the year.

The Perseid meteor ablution volition instrumentality spot this week with the champion viewing occurring aft midnight connected August 11, 12, and 13.

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Every twelvemonth astir this clip we walk done the orbit way of Comet Swift-Tuttle. The comet itself is present moving distant from the Sun connected its orbit. December 1992 was erstwhile it made its past closest attack to the Sun, thing it volition not bash until July 2126.

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It’s erstwhile Earth passes done this orbit that we get the yearly meteor shower. Tiny bits and pieces of debris from the comet that stay successful the way volition slam into Earth’s precocious ambiance astatine 130,000 miles per hour, lighting up the entity with streaks of light.

The champion clip to presumption these meteors volition beryllium aft midnight to conscionable earlier dawn erstwhile the starring borderline of Earth’s ambiance is lined up with the constellation Perseus arsenic viewed from Earth. The meteors volition look to radiate retired from that constituent successful the entity adjacent the constellation. Look to the northeast aft midnight those nights to spot up to 60 meteors per hr oregon more.

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It’s champion to find a acheronian determination distant from metropolis lights to get the champion viewing opportunity. Here successful South Florida that whitethorn beryllium adjacent the formation oregon adjacent to the Everglades, distant from the lights of the metro areas. Give yourself immoderate clip to accommodate to the acheronian positive clip to presumption the meteors. Of people this each depends connected the upwind too, bully luck!

Dave Warren