What is the reason for the recurrence of the Perseid meteors during the month of August of each year?

2017-08-11 2017-08-11T15:03:02Z

Source: Hossam Al-Zoubi Weather of Arabia - Al Rasheed meteor shower It is a meteor shower that peaks between August 10 and 15 of each year, and can be seen with the naked eye, without the need to use telescopes or monitoring tools, but on the condition that you move away from the lights of cities, in order to increase the chance of seeing meteors. But what is the reason that makes these meteors recur every period of the same year? In fact, the comet "Swift Tutu", which was discovered in 1862 AD, is the source of these meteors. It revolves around the sun once every 133 years, and it was named after the constellation Perseus or Perseus, "the bearer of Ra's al-Ghul", which appears as if it was emanating from it. . During the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, the Earth passes the path that this comet took during the month of August of each year, so the small particles left by this comet in its path are attracted to the Earth, and they burn when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere, which causes a rapid flash that is seen from the Earth. in the form of meteors. The activity of the Perseid meteors starts from July 17 to August 24, but the peak of activity reaches its maximum between August 10 and 15, and these meteors can be monitored at a rate of 1-2 meteors per minute, and in the best cases at a rate of 90-100 meteors per hour, but Provided you stay away from city lights.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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