Common observations will be held in many places in Poland, and the largest is preparing Copernicus Science Centre.
– What seems to us shooting star, in fact, it is just a speck of dust, often no larger than a grain of sand. It falls into the Earth’s atmosphere and friction for it warms up, it is burned, and trace this process we observe in the sky as short-lived, fast flash – explains popularizer of astronomy with planetarium Charles Wojcicki Heavens of Copernicus – the Copernicus Science Centre (CSC) in Warsaw.
Most meteors can be seen when the Earth collides with a plume of gas and dust left by a comet. Every year in July and August our planet meets with the material left behind by the comet 109P / Swift-Tuttle.
The Meteors from this swarm seem to be running out of the constellation Perseus, hence their name – the Perseids.
Although meteors best observed from suburban areas, are urban dwellers also do not have to give up the astronomical sights. – Meteor activity in cities is not so visible, because they disappear in the glow of the city, but the brightest, most attractive, certainly are visible – selects Wojcicki.
(ew / PAP Learning in Poland)
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