The sky of the Middle East is raining meteors and meteors

Meteors and meteors, do you dream of seeing them? If you have to go to the nearest quiet place in Middle east To watch the sky there rain meteors and meteors, this period is the peak of the “Pershaweya” meteor showers, which appear once a year. This year, it began appearing on the 10th of August and extends until the 14th of the same month.

Essam Gouda, president of the Egyptian Society for Astronomy, explained that the Perseid meteor shower is one of the most famous bright meteor showers. It only falls once a year at the same time, in the month of August.”

Judeh explained that “the rate of fall of the Pershawiyat meteors is 70 meteors per hour. It is possible that the percentage exceeds this figure, especially on August 12, which is considered the peak of the Perseid showers that penetrate the atmosphere with an average speed of 60 km/h, and therefore they appear in the form of meteors.”

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Judeh also pointed out that “the reason for calling these meteors after the Perseids is in relation to the Perseus group, which is one of the star groups from which the meteor showers come. These meteors fall on Earth through its orbit around the sun in the path of ancient comets or asteroids that have left their meteorite remnants in the path of its orbit around the sun. When these meteorite remains, which are the size of small pebbles, enter the atmosphere, they burn in the upper layers of it, causing the appearance of Perseid showers.”

Gouda emphasized that this phenomenon can be observed with the naked eye. It is preferable to monitor this phenomenon away from the city lights, as mountainous places and areas away from high buildings and residential areas are the best to watch, as the visibility of these meteors depends on how dark the area from which they are monitored.

 Meteors usually start from one point in the night sky. These meteors arise from streams of cosmic debris called meteorites. Meteors can be dust particles or fragments from a comet or an asteroid. These meteorites enter the Earth's atmosphere at very high speeds and in parallel tracks. Most of these meteorites are smaller than grains of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate before reaching the surface of the Earth. The heavy meteor shower is called meteor storm Or meteor explosion Which can generate more than a thousand meteors in الساعة st. Many times a year, hundreds of celestial fireballs light up the night sky. They may be called shooting stars, but they don't really have anything to do with the stars. These tiny space particles are meteors which are literally celestial debris or a meteor shower.

It is a normal shower of meteors, and it was called the Perseids because - apparently - it comes out of the constellation Barshawish. The reason for the increase in the number of meteors on certain days of the year is due to the entry of the Earth during its orbital movement around the sun within the area of ​​remnants of a comet in most cases or an asteroid at other times , as these comets revolve around the sun and during these cycles, small particles are left behind, which remain floating in space within certain regions.

And if, during its rotation, the Earth crosses the orbit of one of these objects, whether they are comets or asteroids, the Earth’s gravity will affect the particles left by these objects, which leads to the entry of many of them into the Earth’s atmosphere, and since these particles are abundant in these areas of space, this leads to The appearance of more meteors than usual at other times of the year, and this is called the meteor shower.

• quadrantids

Quadrantids is the first meteor shower of each year, and it usually occurs between the last week of December and January 12. It peaks around January 3 and January 4 and is best seen from the northern hemisphere. The radioactive point for the quadrantids lies in the constellation Potts, close to the Big Dipper.

• Lyrids

The radiant point of Lyrides lies in the constellation Lyra. This is a meteor shower that occurs between April 16 - April 26 every year and can be seen from the north and south of the globe.

• Eta Aquaridis

The next major meteor shower, Eta aquarides, occurs between late April and mid-May, and peaks between 5 and 6 May. It is best seen from the southern hemisphere, although observers in the northern hemisphere can also enjoy a sparse view. The meteorites in Eta Equirides are remnants of Comet Halley. For this it lies in the constellation Aquarius.

• Perseid meteors

The Perseid meteor shower occurs in mid-August, reaching peak activity around August 11-13. The radiant point lies in the constellation Perseus and is associated with Comet Swift-Tuttle.

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