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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1995
Page
9
Each year from July 23 to August 20 the Perseid meteor shower peaks around August 10 to 12. Meteors appear to radiate from the Perseus constellation, lighting up the night sky for observers despite city lights.
Passing comets shed debris that fuels yearly meteor showers. As comets swing near the sun more material burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, making the Perseids especially bright this summer. It will be about 130 years before such closeness recurs. Meteoroids enter the upper atmosphere at 6 to 40 miles per second heating air and producing fiery light streaks.
Astronomers forecast a brief Geminids display in December following historic Leonid peak in November 1966. The Leonids once produced about 100000 meteors per hour, far above typical 5 to 10 per hour. Another spectacular shower anticipated in November 1998 or 1999.
Definitions of celestial terms explain a comet as a dusty icy body with a long solar orbit and a gas dust tail. a meteor as the bright streak seen when a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere. and a constellation as a recognizable star pattern in the sky.
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