They are particles, usually the size of a grain of sand, that the Earth runs into.
Courtesy | These speeds are so high that friction heats them enough to disintegrate them and emit light.
One more year, the rain of stars of the Perseids or Tears of San Lorenzo reach our skies again. The phenomenon will reach its maximum at dawn from August 11 to 12, with an intensity that will reach between 50 and 100 meteors per hour.
A show that this year will also be accompanied by clear skies and the waning Moon, so it can be enjoyed in all its splendor (provided that a place with little light pollution is chosen).
The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs every year in mid-August, when the planet passes through a field of dust and particles left behind by the Swift-Tuttle, a 24-kilometer-diameter comet that passed nearby in 1992 and which will not return until 2126, ABC reported.
Interestingly, the proximity of the maximum of the meteor shower to August 10, the feast day of the Spanish martyr San Lorenzo, makes the Perseids also known as Tears of San Lorenzo.
Despite the name, shooting stars are not stars moving across the sky. They are particles, normally the size of a grain of sand, that the Earth runs into and that enter the atmosphere at high speeds, which can be between 10 and 50 kilometers per second.
These speeds are so high that friction heats them enough to disintegrate them and emit light. Therefore, the Perseid meteor shower is not composed of stars, but of incandescent dust particles.
One of the advantages of this phenomenon is that it is visible to the naked eye: you just have to find a place with low light and high visibility of the sky, such as a wide clearing in a wooded area or a hill away from the illumination of cities, and prepare for the show, one of the most anticipated of the summer.
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