CNN Indonesia
Wednesday, 09 Aug 2023 17:20 WIB
Illustration. The Perseid Meteor Shower is coming soon around the world. (AFP/ROBERT ATANASOVSKI)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Perseid Meteor Shower will decorate the sky on August 12-13. Check when this phenomenon stopped at Indonesia.
These moments are often considered to be the best in 2023 due to their sheer number.
This same phenomenon coincided last year with a Full Moon, brightening the sky and making the fainter meteors invisible.
Meanwhile, the meteor shower this time coincides with the crescent phase of the Moon with a brightness level of only 10 percent. As a result, even fainter meteors can be seen.
“The Perseid meteor shower is often considered the best meteor shower of the year due to its high levels and pleasant late summer temperatures,” the site said. NASA.
The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks when Earth passes through the densest debris of comet Swift-Tuttle.
In the United States (US), this meteor shower can be witnessed with an intensity of 40 meteors per hour before dawn. This number can be witnessed provided that the observer is in a fairly dark area.
Brighter skies in suburban areas can reduce that intensity, with 10 or fewer meteors an hour.
In Indonesia, according to data from the BRIN Aeronautics and Space Research Organization (ORPA), the Perseid Meteor Shower can be witnessed with an intensity of 36 to 61 meteors per hour on Sunday (13/8) early morning.
You can see the Perseid meteor shower best in the Northern Hemisphere.
To witness this phenomenon, we only need a clear sky, darkness and a little patience. We don’t need to look in any particular direction, as meteors can generally be seen in all parts of the sky.
Furthermore, the Perseids have a radian point around the constellation Perseus. The name of the meteor shower is generally taken from the location of the radiant point.
The Perseid meteor shower is the only meteor shower to delay the launch of the space shuttle.
In 1993, the launch of NASA’s STS-51 was postponed due to concerns over the activity of the Perseid meteor shower, which was expected to be so intense, increasing the possibility that spacecraft in Earth orbit could be damaged by debris.
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2023-08-09 10:20:00
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