Once a year, from mid-July to late August, Earth passes through a cosmic junk heap that pelts our planet with thousands of tiny space rocks no wider than a grain of sand. We call this annual event the Perseid meteor shower – or simply the Perseid
As Earth swoops through the comet's icy, rocky leftovers, small bits of debris plunge through our atmosphere, heating up to more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and streaking through the sky at more than 100,000 mph ,Most of these tiny meteors burn to a crisp in the atmosphere, though a rare few crash land on the planet's surface, whereupon they earn the new title"meteorites".
On a typical year, stargazers can expect to see about 60 meteors per hour during the shower's peak, according to NASA. This year, that number will be considerably lower, as the full Sturgeon Moon will obscure some of those falling rocks with its bright light.recommends heading out to the darkest place you can find in the pre-dawn hours of 12 August or one of the nights leading up to the peak.
Settle in, as your eyes can take up to 30 minutes to adjust to the darkness, and look north toward the constellation
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