WTF is this "new" meteor shower tonight?

glatt · 05-23-2014, 07:35 AM

A new meteor shower? And why did I first hear about it in this morning's paper?

Turns out some comet trail got close to Jupiter and Jupiter tugged on all that space dust and pulled it into the way of the Earth. So tonight we are passing through a new cloud of space dust. It will be peaking in about 18 hours.

Because it's new, we don't know if it will be mind-blowingly awesome or just meh. But starting at about 10:30 tonight, local time, and peaking at around 2 AM, you should see a bunch of shooting stars if you look in the northern sky.

It's times like now that I am unhappy that I live inside the Beltway. I bet the view will be good in Wyoming. Won't be such an ungodly hour either.

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05-23-2014, 07:35 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	WTF is this "new" meteor shower tonight? A new meteor shower? And why did I first hear about it in this morning's paper? Turns out some comet trail got close to Jupiter and Jupiter tugged on all that space dust and pulled it into the way of the Earth. So tonight we are passing through a new cloud of space dust. It will be peaking in about 18 hours. Because it's new, we don't know if it will be mind-blowingly awesome or just meh. But starting at about 10:30 tonight, local time, and peaking at around 2 AM, you should see a bunch of shooting stars if you look in the northern sky. It's times like now that I am unhappy that I live inside the Beltway. I bet the view will be good in Wyoming. Won't be such an ungodly hour either. Details.

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