In mid-August every year, we prepare to receive the Perseids meteor showers.

Wednesday evening and Thursday night meteor showers reach their peak, between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM we can see about 50 to 70 bright stars per hour.

The conditions are favorable, because there is rarely moonlight. Don’t want to get out of bed in the middle of the night? Even in the hours near the maximum, you see many more meteors than usual.

Also on the nights before and after the peak, there are many shooting stars that can be seen

Date	Best Time	the above. The number of ears per meter
Monday 9 August 2021	03:30	20
Tuesday 10 August 2021	03:30	25
Wednesday 11 August 2021	03:30	34
Thursday 12 August 2021	04:00	53
Friday 13 August 2021	04:00	69
Saturday 14 August 2021	04:00	52
Sunday 15 August 2021	04:00	35
Monday 16 August 2021	04:00	26
Tuesday 17 August 2021	04:00	22
Source: Hemelwaarnemen.com

This is the best way to see the falling stars

It is best to see meteors with the naked eye. All you need is a clear sky and a dark place (artificial light obstructs perception). Wear warm clothes, bring a sun lounger if necessary and have fun!

Tip: Don’t check your mobile phone too soon. Screen light spoils your night vision.

Space debris at lightning speed

Falling stars are pieces of space debris (rocks and ice) that move quickly

More than 200,000 kilometers each

hours to penetrate our atmosphere. Due to friction with air, they burn up in the atmosphere. In this way they draw their charming light paths along the sky.

cosmic dictionary

● meteors:

This is what we call a meteor. They are pieces of space debris that enter and burn our atmosphere

● Meteoroiden:

This is what we call meteorites before they reach our atmosphere

● Meteorites:

This is what we call meteorites that do not burn up completely in the atmosphere and therefore collide with the Earth

● POLYDINE:

This is what we call meteors so large that they cause fireballs

dangerous culprit

The Perseids emerge from a comet’s tail (a long string of space debris)

Swift Tuttle

The earth flakes off every summer. This happens at a distance of about 20 million km.

If a Swift-Tuttle hit the ground, the effect would be devastating. The impact would be about 27 times stronger than that of the comet that ended the age of the dinosaurs millions of years ago.

Fortunately, according to astronomers, Swift-Tuttle and Earth will not collide in the next two thousand years.

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