File:Meteor burst.jpg
Summary
This picture is of the Alpha-<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monoceros" title="Monoceros">Monocerotid</a> meteor outburst in 1995. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseid" class="extiw" title="en:Perseid">Perseid</a> meteor shower, usually the richest meteor shower of the year, peaks in August. Over the course of an hour, a person watching a clear sky from a dark location might see as many as 50-100 meteors. Meteors are actually pieces of rock that have broken off a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet">comet</a> and continue to orbit the Sun. The Earth travels through the comet debris in its orbit. As the small pieces enter the Earth's atmosphere, friction causes them to burn up.
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| current | 05:39, 5 January 2017 | | 1,422 × 1,422 (393 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | This picture is of the Alpha-<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monoceros" title="Monoceros">Monocerotid</a> meteor outburst in 1995. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseid" class="extiw" title="en:Perseid">Perseid</a> meteor shower, usually the richest meteor shower of the year, peaks in August. Over the course of an hour, a person watching a clear sky from a dark location might see as many as 50-100 meteors. Meteors are actually pieces of rock that have broken off a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet">comet</a> and continue to orbit the Sun. The Earth travels through the comet debris in its orbit. As the small pieces enter the Earth's atmosphere, friction causes them to burn up. |
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