Earth Should Pass the Meteor Shower, the Quadrantids, Next Week - Checkout a List of other Meteor Showers For 2012

Earth Should Pass the Meteor Shower, the Quadrantids, Next Week - Checkout a List of other Meteor Showers For 2012 

One of the most-active meteor showers should peak this coming Tuesday night into the early Wednesday morning. The meteor shower should have an estimated 40-100 meteors per hour.

Peak of Perseid Meteor Shower on August 12th

The peak lasts only for a few hours and comes near 11:00 Tuesday night, central time. Viewing should come between when the moon sets on Tuesday night and when it comes back up Wednesday morning. Sporadic meteors may be seen a few days before and after the peak.

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through debris shed by comets or asteroids. The meteor showers are usually named for the constellation from which they appear to radiate from.

This meteor shower is called the Quadrantids and is named for a constellation that no longer exists. The constellation was called the Quadrans Muralis, or wall quadrant. The wall quadrant was an instrument used by early astronomers to measure sky positions.

Quadrans Muralis was a group of stars located near the Big Dipper's handle.

Meteor showers are best observed in a dark setting away from the city lights with the naked eye. Meteors can be seen anywhere in the sky, though they may seem to radiate from the northeastern sky.

Other meteor showers peaking this year are:

Name	Date of Peak	Moon
Quadrantids	night of January 3	Sets after midnight
Lyrids	night of April 21	New Moon
Eta Aquarids	night of May 5	Full Moon
Perseids	night of August 13	Morning crescent
Orionids	night of October 21	First quarter
Leonids	night of November 17	Evening crescent
Geminids	night of December 13	New Moon

For more information on Meteor Showers, go to Meteor Showers.

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