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Q: What do Pete Sampras, Sir Mix-a-Lot, and King George IV have in common with the Perseids Meteor Shower?
A: They were all born on August 12th and that happens to be the peak day for the Perseids Meteor Shower. The Perseids is thousands of years old and is believed to be first documented in 36 AD by the Chinese around this same time of year.
Click this link for more information on the Perseids Meteor Shower.
on Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Hello Meteor Shower Gazers,
I’m sure you are excited to see the Perseids and also you didn’t know that Teniis, Hip Hop Music & Being a King had anything in common with a meteor shower!
Keep your head up.
- Meteor Mark
on Aug 11th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
It sux that on the day of the meteor shower the town I live in would also be getting one of its few rain storms.
We need the rain, but I was really looking forward to the meteor show.
on Aug 12th, 2009 at 2:52 am
Meteor Fan,
There may be activity in the evening of Wednesday night into Thursday morning so have a look again. It’s cloudy here too…
on Aug 12th, 2009 at 9:34 am
i saw a electric purple bolide fall in the N.W. sky about 3am on 8/12/09 starting around cassiopia and falling to the west about 20 degrees above the horizon where it burst and had 3 or 4 small yellow streamers fall another degree or so. i was located N.W. of Sacramento, Ca. about 30 miles away from city. it was the first purple one i have seen, very pretty.