The next meteor shower is the June Bootids, this is the first summer shower. The Bootids meteor shower starts June 22nd and peaks on June 27th and ends July 2nd. The shower’s parent comet orbits our Sun once about every six years or so; the Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke reached a point closest to our Sun [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Meteor Shower Eta Aquarids – In the Dawn of Aquarius
When is the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower? This meteor shower is active from April 19th to May 28th this year. Meteor shower gazers could be in for a full seven days of meteor activity, starting May 3rd the Eta Aquarids will produce up to 30 meteors per hour and become more and more active [...]
