The Next Meteor Shower of 2009 is the Lyrids. MeteorBlog will be covering three meteor showers for April:
Lyrids Meteor Shower
Start Date: April 16
Peak Date: April 22
End Date: April 25
π-Puppids Meteor Shower
Start Date: April 15
Peak Date: April 23
End Date: April 28
η-Aquarids Meteor Shower
Start Date: April 19
Peak Date: May 6
End Date: May 28
We will be especially focusing [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Next Meteor Shower – April 2009
Meteor Shower The γ-Normids Peaks March 13th
The Gamma Normids Meteor Shower (γ-Normids GNO) peaks in the morning of March 13th. This shower will produce minimal results because the Moon will be in the waning gibbous phase meaning almost 95% of a full moon will be present in the sky. The Moon and man-made light in the sky usually degrade [...]
2029 Meteor
The object Apophis is not exactly a meteor, but an asteroid. The first studies showed that Apophis could impact the Earth in the year 2029, but further investigation by scientists have revealed that 2029 will be a time where they can predict if the near Earth asteroid will actually hit Earth in 2036. NASA [...]
γ-Normids – Next Meteor Shower of March 2009
The γ-Normids is a minor meteor shower that will be peaking on March 13, 2009. It is the only shower of March and concludes the usual very slow 1st Quarter for meteor shower viewing. There is very little known about this shower and their radiant is non-distinct. On a totally clear and [...]
