Perseids Meteor Shower ~ Advance Notice

#1 07-12-2007, 09:43 AM

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Got a calendar? Circle this date: Sunday, August 12th. Next to the circle write "all night" and "Meteors!" Attach the above to your refrigerator in plain view so you won't miss the 2007 Perseid meteor shower.

"It's going to be a great show," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "The Moon is new on August 12th--which means no moonlight, dark skies and plenty of meteors." How many? Cooke estimates one or two Perseids per minute at the shower's peak.

**WBHB** · #2 07-12-2007, 12:42 PM

Thanks for the link. It's on the calendar. Hope I can stay awake!

**PHINS** · #3 07-12-2007, 03:00 PM

Sweet that is my birthday. I'm going to head down to the beach after the Astros game that day. Thanks for the heads up!

**Stuart** · #4 07-12-2007, 03:04 PM

Thanks for the heads up. My mom always tells the story of a huge meteor shower back in the 60s I believe. I was must have been pretty young, cause I can't remember. Anyway, they had some neighbors that were pretty old school. The neighbor lady called my mom all in a panic, because she was convinced the world must have been coming to end the shower was so intense.