Incredible showers of shooting stars over Europe and Central Asia this Saturday night, a rare event that will not be repeated for forty years!
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According to astronomers, from 60 to 600 bright stars can be seen per hour – from one to ten per minute -. Two summits are planned for Saturday evening: 7:09 p.m. and 9:57 p.m.According to the calculations of the Institute of Celestial Mechanics (IMCCE / Paris Observatory).
The first peak is in danger of sinking in the twilight light. On the other hand, the second one should look perfect, except for the clouds, even though the moon is bright.
The meteor shower is expected to continue until around 11.00 WIB..
why ?
Early Saturday morning, Earth entered a cloud of debris ejected by comet 21P / Gicobini-Zinner, discovered in 1900. “Millions of dust will enter the atmosphere at 80,000 km/h and allow enthusiasts to count up to 600 meteors per hour”, and it was an event that “won’t happen again for 40 years,” as the Paris Observatory describes it. By friction with air, this dust is heated and then evaporated: it is the phenomenon of shooting stars, shining arrows of fire, which can be contemplated with the naked eye.
Less famous than the Perseids, which return annually in August, the Draconids to be seen on Saturdays vary greatly in intensity from year to year. It all depends on whether Earth passes through the dust cloud left by the comet or next to it, explains astronomer François Colas.
Comet 21P/Gicobini-Zinner returns every 6.6 years near Earth and the Sun. His last visit was on 2 July 2005.
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