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What are the most easily seen meteor showers from earth and when can they be seen?
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∙ 11y ago
Probably the best are the Perseids, which occur in August. Every 33 years, the Leonids of November are potentially great, although 1999 was a disappointment. In general, all showers are best seen after midnight, when the Earth is turned "forward" in its orbit and is therefore "heading into" the debris field of the meteoroids.
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What causes meteor?
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour.[1]The Meteor Data Center lists about 600 suspected meteor showers of which about 100 are well established.[2]
If a big meteor hit the dinosaurs then how come the earth didn't explode?
It wasn't that big! The theory is that a large meteor hit the Earth and the explosion caused a large amount of dust in the upper atmosphere which caused climate change and the dinosaurs (or most of them) didn't survive.
Is there going to be a meteor shower today 2012?
You can see meteors on any clear night. There are several occasions throughout the year when there are meteor 'showers'. As you do not give a date we do not know when 'tonight' is. See the link below for a list of some dates for meteor showers.
What time is the meteor shower eastern time?
The Perseid Meteor Shower has been going on for a couple of days now. You have the best chance of seeing spectacular meteors between midnight and dawn, when you are on the "leading" side of the Earth. (The hours between dawn and noon are also on the "leading" side of the Earth, but in the daytime you can't see most meteors.)
Why meteor are often seem late at night and usually are most numerous before dawn?
In the morning, we are on Earth's "front side", considering its movement around the Sun. Since Earth moves at a speed of about 30 km/second, the chance is greater of hitting a meteorite on the "front side".
Which two planets are most of the meteor showers in?
On Earth meteor showers occur when we pass through dirt in space, usually from the debris or remains of a comet's tail. Any planet that passes through a dirty part of space and then has that dirt burn out above it will be a place that you can see meteor showers.
Most meteor showers are associated with the orbits of?
Comets
What do meteor showers occur from?
We believe that most meteor showers are caused by decaying comets shedding dust and rocks in their wake as they travel through the solar system.
What country could the geminid meteor shower be seen?
Most meteor showers are visible all around the world. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris stream left behind from a comet; some comet trails are better mapped than others, and in some cases astronomers are able to predict with some accuracy exactly when the Earth will pass through the stream.Meteors are most commonly observed between midnight and dawn, when the "front" of the Earth passes through.
How did leonids get their name?
The Leonid meteor showers are so named because they appear to radiate from near the constellation Leo in the night sky. Most of the periodic meteor showers are named based on the area of the sky from which they appear.
What causes meteor?
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour.[1]The Meteor Data Center lists about 600 suspected meteor showers of which about 100 are well established.[2]
How do you expect a meteor shower?
Meteor "showers" happen when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet, or where a comet once was. Most of the meteors are dust-sized, and when a comet approaches the Sun, the Sun's heat and light melt some of its ice and blow the dust and vapor into the "tail" of the comet.But the dust continues along in the same orbit as the comet; just a little slower.The ancient comet's orbit passes near the Earth at one spot along the Earth's orbit, and the Earth goes through pretty much the same path each year. So meteor "showers" happen on the same day each year.
Are meteor showers a result of collision of asteroids?
No. The meteors you see in meteor showers are sand to pebble sized objects that burn up long before reaching the ground. Most meteors are too small to reach the surface. Meteorites come from larger meteors that fall individually and often show up brilliantly in the night sky. Some a bright enough to be visible during the day.
Where were most dinosaurs living?
no a meteor crasheed into earth and killed them all
Where is the meteor crater found on earth?
Arizona, USA.The most famous well known Meteor Crater is in northern Arizona in the USA.
What catastrophic event most likely marked the end of the Mesozic era?
A meteor strike earth
How the falling star fall?
A falling star or meteor is a fragment of rock in orbit round the Sun, which happens to be intercepted by the Earth's atmosphere. At some point the Earth's gravity takes over and captures the meteor, and the meteor falls at high speed. Most meteors burn out before reaching the ground.
