The meteor packages are reaching their apogee today .. And fall to an average of 80 meteors per hour

Cairo – By Mohamed Salah – Dr. Ashraf Tadros, former head of the astronomy department of the National Institute for Astronomical Research and professor of astronomy at the institute, said that the Parchment burst is one of the most famous meteor showers observed by amateur astronomers in the Northern Hemisphere.

Tadros added in his statements that the meteor packages were the fifth momentum in the organization of meteor showers throughout the year. They date from August 10 to 14 and culminate Monday, August 12 at 2 am after midnight and get up the next day..

The former head of the Astronomy Department of the National Institute of Astronomical Research and Professor of Astronomy at the institute said that the rate of meteor pests drops by about 80 meteors an hour and they penetrate in the atmosphere at an average speed of 60 km / h, depending on the degree of opacity of the observation area that must be respected. Be away from the city lighting .

Tadros added that meteorite meteorite this year is consistent with the advent of Eid al-Adha, as well as the presence of the moon in the phase of Ahdab (pre-full moon), which will negatively affect the vision of a large number of meteors .

He explained: The reason for the fall of meteor showers is usually due to the entrance of the Earth as it orbits the sun in the path of ancient comets that leave their remains and remains along their journeys around from the sun, when this waste enters the atmosphere. The scroll is "Swift Little (Swift-Tuttle), Which ends its orbit around the sun every 133 years.