Persiad Meteor Shower
The perseids meteor shower appears when earth passes through the rubble left by comet swift tuttle and peaks this week in the early morning hours on wednesday aug.
Persiad meteor shower. The perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers of the year. The meteor shower is also visible on august 10 and august 13 as well according to the american meteor society. 12 according to nasa.
They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13. The shower s maximum when the greatest number of meteors per hour fall 50 per hour is typically in the pre dawn hours when it s still dark of august 11 12 or 13. The annual perseid meteor shower occurs when the earth passes through a stream of dust from the comet swift tuttle as shown in this orbit diagram.
The perseid meteor shower occurs every year from about july 23 to august 22 reaching its peak from late midnight august 11 to dawn august 13. What are the perseids. Sky telescope magazine comet.