SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The parent comet responsible for the Perseid meteor shower is a rather large comet called 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The comet orbits the sun approximately every 133 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perseids and Leonids In most years, the most visible meteor shower is the Perseids, which peak on 12 August of each year at over one meteor per minute. NASA has a tool to calculate how many meteors per hour are visible from one’s observing location.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2023 the Perseid meteor shower is active between 17 July and 24 August, with the number of meteors increasing every night until it reaches a peak in mid-August, after which it will tail off. This year the peak falls on the night of the 12th and before dawn on 13 August.

Detailed explanation-4: -They can be seen all across the sky; however, because of the shower’s radiant in the constellation of Perseus, the Perseids are primarily visible in the Northern Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-5: -If everything in the solar system is moving around, why do the Perseid meteors repeat regularly around August 11th or so? Because Earth in its orbit intersects the same swarm of meteor particles at the same time each year.