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The September Perseids meteor shower has ended on September 17. The next meteor shower started September 18 and will peak on September 29. This year will be no different than usual for the δ-Aurigids minor meteor shower (Delta Aurigids) as it is not very full of life. Viewers will see a few more than the usual one to five sporadic meteors per hour until the shower ends next month on October 10. This is the bad news; the good news is that October is the start of a more active meteor season where we can look forward to the Orionids, the highly anticipated Leonids and the sometimes-dazzling Geminids.
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Your questions and comments are always welcome. Keep your head up!
- Meteor Mark
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on Sep 27th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Hello, on Sept.22 or 23 at aprx. 3a.m. my husband who works nights outside saw a green ball in the sky falling and then it light up and was gone. It was in the southern sky and he was in Bothell, Washington, which is just north of Seattle. Based on this description, what more likely did he see? Was it a meteor rock breaking up? I have tried to find info on what it could have been but am over my head as I am not at all familiar with astronomy. Any light you could shed on what he might have seen would be appreciated. thank you, Michele and Erik Strand, Sammamish, Washington
on Oct 1st, 2009 at 8:04 am
I am curious to find if there have been any meteor showers that would have affected the Schuyler County, NY area??? My boyfriend found a rock-just a flat, pizza slice shaped rock, on his trampoline. When his son removed the rock there was a hole the exact shape of the rock melted into the trampoline and parts of the trampoline are still on the rock, looks like tar. He found it on Wed September 30th and does not believe it was there the day before. The only logical explanation we can come up with is it literally “fell from the sky”. Thank you for your input, Debbie Coggins
on Oct 2nd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Debra,
Whether there is a meteor shower or not, millions of objects enter our Earth’s atmosphere daily. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a meteorite. On any given night you may view three to five meteors per hour, these are called sporadic meteors. The δ-Aurigids peaked on September 29th and will remain active until October 10th. I wish I could be more specific with you, but meteors and meteor showers remain one of the most unpredictable science related events known to man.
Wow! Keep your head up.
- Meteor Mark
on Oct 2nd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Nice blog!
on Oct 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Thank you!
on Oct 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
We just saw a orange fireball, complete with tail and debris breaking from it. It was traveling east in the Windsor, NY area at around midnight. It was one of the brightest meteors we have ever seen. Did anyone else see this?