• Question: Why does the Perseid Meteor Shower occur, and how often does it happen ?

    Asked by 246grak22 to Maggie on 10 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Maggie Lieu

      Maggie Lieu answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      Meteor showers occur when cosmic dust, particles or asteroids enter our atmosphere and burn up on entry. Now the named meteor showers like the Perseid, happen regularly (every year), because the Earth’s orbit enters a region with lots of cosmic debris.

      To find out when a meteor show happens and how many there will be I like to use this NASA website:
      https://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html

      Nice question (I love watching meteor showers 🙂 )

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