Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Meteor Rain Will Happen On Earth
you love to watch the meteor phenomenon? Orionid meteor shower will be flushed the earth's atmosphere. Meteor shower was one of the biggest and brightest each year. Quoted from Livescince, observers could see shooting stars in the sky 5 to 10 minutes, in a brief splash that will look very crowded. This meteor rains is rare in recent years.
Peak occurred around Wednesday morning (21/10) at 6 pm eastern U.S. time, or Wednesday night around 8 o'clock in western Indonesian. Like most meteor showers, caused by particles Orionid associated with comets. In this case, the most famous is Halley's Comet. But if you can not wait for Halley's Comet reappeared in the year 2062, in the near future is still a chance to see the meteor shower across the sky and evaporates in the earth's upper atmosphere.
Most annual meteor shower activity is quite small, but the Orionid is one of the best two or three every year. Especially because this year there would be no meteor disguise months.
At its peak, could produce approximately 15-20 Orionids meteors per hour in a state of the dark sky. rionids come from a point just above Orion's left shoulder, and between the legs Gemini twins. The railway line is the orbit of Halley's comet.
Meteors can appear in any part of the sky, collectively emit rays like the spokes in the wheel. Even the longest and fastest meteor will be around 90 degrees from the central ray. Earth through Halley's comet orbits the line twice each year, around the date of May 6. There are several minor meteor showers associated with this date, the Eta Aquarids, but this is no more spectacular from the Orionids meteor shower this week.
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