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The Alpha Capricornids and Delta Aquarids meteor showers.
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HAI-Online.com – Principal Researcher in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Thomas Djamaluddin said there would be two phenomena meteor Rain Alpha-Capricornids dan Delta-Aquariids.
This meteor shower will happen at the end July 2022 this, and this is an annual astronomical phenomenon that occurs when a number of meteors appear to slide back and forth from a certain point in the sky.
Meteors look like shooting stars or moving stars. Meteors are actually interplanetary rock or dust that enter the atmosphere and then burn up due to atmospheric friction.
Thomas said that the Alpha-Capricornids meteor shower can be observed from 30 to 31 July 2022, from 20.00 WIB on the eastern horizon.
“But the best time is after midnight in the southern sky. It is estimated that about 5 meteors per hour appear to pass through the sky. This meteor shower comes from the dust cluster of comet 169P/NEAT which passed the earth,” he said, quoted from the BRIN page via Kompas.com.
Thomas said comet dust is tiny when it enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns like shooting stars.
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“Even though the number of meteors is small, sometimes this meteor shower shows bright meteors from the remains of a larger comet,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the Delta Aquariids meteor shower can be observed from July 29-30, starting at 23.00 WIB on the eastern horizon. The peak is around 02.00 WIB in the southern sky.
“This meteor shower displays dozens of meteors per hour. Comet 96P/Machholz dust is suspected to be the source of this meteor shower,” he added.
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