Lyrid meteor natural phenomena

Lyrid meteor natural phenomena that occur annually in the middle of the month, exactly on April 21-22 at about 01:00 am until 05:00 o'clock in the morning. create students who are in bandung and people around interested to see this rare event.






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The peak of this meteor ( Hujan Meteor ) shower will occur on 21-22 April. At that time, an estimated 10-20 meteors that appear every hour.

Last year the meteor shower also occurred in November 2009. Meteor was Leonid meteors. The best observation places in Asia, but observers in North America can also enjoy the spectacular Leonid meteor shower, weather permitting.

"It was estimated that 20-30 meteors per hour in America, and as many as 200-300 meteors per hour in parts of Asia," said Bill Cooke of NASA's office of meteoroid environment. Other astronomers working in this nascent field that predict meteor showers have been predicted.

Leonid rain is an annual event, if the sky was clear and moonlight do not interfere. This year, the moon is near new phase, and not disturbing factor. For anyone in the Northern Hemisphere with dark skies, away from urban and suburban lighting, this event should not be missed by staying up all night.

This phenomenon of a meteor shower going on since long. Tatcher meteor from a comet, for example, known to astronomers since 2600 began last year.

Events Lyrid meteor or shooting star is really never happened in 1982. We noted there were 90 meteors per hour and never even reached 180-300 per minute. Femonena also had also occurred in 1922.

A meteor shower comes from the melting ice comet close to the sun when its orbit. Particles of dust, ice and rock that escaped, burning in the atmosphere before falling to earth.

This meteor shower will occur during the 10 days, from tonight to 26 April. This phenomenon will be obvious by the inhabitants of the earth in the northern hemisphere. Meteor showers peak periods, there will be 21-22 April, at the time, estimated to have 10-20 meteors that appear every hour.