See related link for a 2010 astronomy calender
October 21, 22 - Orionids Meteor Shower.
Meteor Shower - TV series - ended on 2010-08-30.
The Perseid meteor shower occurs between August 10 and August 13 every year.
December 21 2010
The leonid vandeski (Leonids Meteor Shower) is a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle
12/21/2010 its a lunar one! really cool!!
a meteor shower
When a meteor shower is in progress, it's visible from the entire night side of the earth. Search "meteor shower" on line for the dates of meteor showers expected in the near future.
On August 13th, from 1-4 a.m. there will be a meteor shower.
December 21 2010
No one has died as result of a meteor shower.
The particles in a meteor shower are generally solid, until they smack into the Earth's atmosphere and actually become a "meteor shower". The meteor generally explodes, or vaporizes, or becomes plasma - but there are often still parts of the meteor that remain solid and impact the Earth.