... August 11, 1997 . A Perseid Meteor . Credit Copyright: S. Kohle B. Koch ( Astron. I., U. Bonn ) . ... I., U. Bonn ) . Explanation: Tonight the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its maximum. ...
... Below this artistic montage of a meteor streak and Very Large Telescope units at Paranal, panel a shows the near-infrared sky background spectrum and the May 12 meteor combined. ...
... meteors making noise have long been viewed with skepticism , particularly because sounds were reportedly heard just as the ... thunder from a distant lightning stroke, a meteor produced sound should only be heard long after the meteor streak was seen ...
... Tracing the meteor trails backwards, experienced skygazers will find they converge on the constellation Perseus, thus this annual meteor shower's name. ...
... 2001 November 19 . A 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower Fireball . Credit: The CONCAM Project , Michigan Tech , Gemini Obs. ... Explanation: The 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower gave quite a show to many parts of the world yesterday during the early morning ...
... 2013 August 21 . Perseid Meteors Over China . Image Credit Copyright: Xiang Zhan ( Beijing Planetarium ) . ... Comet dust rained down on planet Earth earlier this month, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower ...
... But even though Tuesday's skies were dark, the overall rate of meteors in this field is low, and only the three lower meteor streaks seem to point back to the shower's estimated radiant. ...