What time is the shooting stars tonight?

Answer 1

Shooting stars are just big balls of firey gas so it just depends on how big they are, it will eventually burn out but the bigger it is the longer it lasts. And please don't put a reply that isn't an aswer because it is a complete wast of time.

Answer 2

If you go outside on any clear night, in a place that's far enough from city lights so

that when you look up and see the number of stars you say to yourself "Wow!",

and get comfortable on something where you're looking up when you relax and

you don't have to strain any muscles to keep your eye on the sky, I'll say that

you're sure to see at least one meteor ("shooting star") within 15-20 minutes.

More if it's after midnight, and more if it happens to be on a date when there's

a "meteor shower" in progress.

Answer 3

There is no specific time for a meteorite to occur. They are more likely when there is a meteor shower, which scientists can predict in some cases.

Meteors are CONSTANTLY bombarding the Earth (and the Moon). We can't generally see them in the daytime, because the glare of scattered sunlight hides them, but big meteors are sometimes visible. A large bolide exploded high over an Indonesian city in 2008, leaving a puff of dust high in the atmosphere, but caused no damage; back in in the 1970s, campers in Montana filmed a small asteroid which apparently bounced off the Earth's atmosphere, causing no damage but leaving a hundred-mile-long trail in the sky.

It's easiest to see meteors in the night sky from about 2 AM until dawn.

The Earth averages about 67,000 miles per hour in its orbit. The "leading edge" of the Earth as it orbits the Sun is the sunrise terminator, the line between night and day. So just like you see bugs on the car's windshield but almost never see bugs on the BACK window, more meteors hit the Earth between midnight and noon than between noon and midnight.

Answer 4

Meteoroids are constantly colliding with the Earth and burning up in our atmosphere as meteors or "shooting stars". They are more likely to be visible in the early pre-dawn hours than in the evening, because that's the direction in which the Earth is moving.

There are a number of "meteor showers" that occur when the Earth intersects the orbits of old decayed comets; these usually occur around specific dates each year. However, meteors may be observed at any time of the year, and are occasionally so bright as to be visible in the daytime.

Answer 5

No one can give you a specific time. Shooting stars or meteors, are bits of debris that hit the atmosphere and burn. Timing is impossible, however, there are meteor showers where the probability is higher that they will occur.

Answer 6

The best time to see them is when the Earth is "moving forward", not going backwards. It's like looking for bugs smashed on the windshield; you hardly EVER see bugs on the BACK window of a car.

The "front" of the Earth is the line of sunrise, the "back end" of the Earth is the sunset line. So you will have the best view of meteors in the hours before sunrise; call it 2 AM to sunrise. If you are looking up in the evening sky, you are looking "backwards" at where the Earth was a few hours ago.

With bugs and cars, the car is going much faster than the bug is, so the bug NEVER hits the back window. With meteors, it's a little different; meteoroids can be traveling at any speed from 25,000 miles per hour to 150,000 miles per hour. The Earth is traveling, more or less, around 67,000 MPH. So it IS possible that a fast-moving meteoroid will hit the Earth, "catching up" to it, from behind, and be visible in the evening sky. But you'll see many more looking forward, into the pre-dawn sky.

Answer 7

whenever a meteor enters Earth's atmosphere. Meteor showers are good times to see them, otherwise their almost impossible to predict.

Answer 8

they appear all the time when you can see the sky at night. its just hard to see them.

Answer 9

There is no pattern, so we can't predict when a comet is going to pass through earth's atmosphere.

Answer 10

I think they come every note but I've never seen one and they will grant your wish