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The Perseids are active from July to September, but each year the dazzling meteor shower reliably peaks in August. This weekend is the time to see it.
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseids meteor shower peak at Pedernales Falls State Park, on Aug. 12, 2024, in Johnson City, Texas.
The world will get its last chance to see the peak of the Perseids meteor shower tonight, as the celestial show begins at sunset. Stargazers could see as many as 100 meteors an hour, in what is ...
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In 2024, the meteor shower peaked on the night of Aug. 11-12. What causes the Perseid meteors? The Perseids originate from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to orbit the sun.
The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August.The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the constellation Perseus and in more modern times have a radiant bordering on Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis.
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 ...
The Zeta Perseids (ζ–Perseids) are a daylight meteor shower that takes place from about May 20 to July 5. [1] On the peak date of June 13, the radiant is only 16 degrees from the Sun. [3] The shower was discovered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in 1947 using radio equipment. [1]