... Meteors and Meteorites . ... By admin August 2, 2011 Posted in: August . 13 August 2009: A perseid flashes through the sky (Image credit: Andreas M†ґller via wikimedia.org) . ... Not all meteors are sporadic events, the regular meteor showers occur when the Earth bulldozes through a great swarm of meteoroids drifting in orbit round the Sun. ... They are at their best in the pre-dawn hours, as the face of the Earth turning towards the Sun catches more meteors as the Earth moves through space. ...

MINUTES OF THE EIGHTY FOURTH MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM HELD ON 17 NOVEMBER 2011 AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CASSINI ROOM, ARMAGH PLANETARIUM Present: His Grace, The Most Reverend A.E.T. Harper (Chairman), Dr F. Byrne, Mr E. Donnelly, Professor A. Hibbert, Dr M. McKay, Professor R. Oudmaijer, ... MINUTES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM 17 NOVEMBER 2011 PAGE 2 4. ... The report is due in 2011 November. ...