Science and Exploration

NASA ScienceCasts: A Good Year for Perseid Meteors

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
August 11, 2015
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NASA ScienceCasts: A Good Year for Perseid Meteors
A Good Year for Perseid Meteors.
NASA

This week, Earth passes through a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Forecasters say the show could be especially good this year because the Moon is nearly new when the shower peaks on Aug. 12-13.

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