Monday, August 15, 2011

Top 10 Perseid Meteor Shower Facts

Every August, the night sky is peppered with little bits of comet debris in what we call the annual Perseid meteor shower. The Perseids are bits of the comet Swift-Tuttle and often create the most amazing meteor shower of the year. 

Here are 10 cool facts you can use to impress friends and family late at night or early in the morning while watching for shooting stars: click here to see the rest of the story


2 comments:

  1. this is chris ware and i think that this picture is very interesting, it looks like shotting stars.

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  2. this is lorenzio mr. g.. this blog is very interesting i never really knew that debris so small could be the cause of a shooting star.. nd did you happen to have the honor of watchin comet Swift-Tuttle pass by earth in 1992??

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