The Eta Aquarid meteor shower of 2022 is peaking soon
There is always some uncertainty in predicting meteors as they arise from a stream of debris left behind by some celestial object, usually a comet. Halley's Comet comes through our solar system every 75 or 76 years, but its debris trail remains persistent.
The trail shifts over the years due to gravitational influences of the planets, meaning the Earth may run through more or fewer meteors in a particular year depending on how thick the debris is in our orbital zone. Justin Ng of Singapore captured this view of a bright Eta Aquarid meteor hurtling across the night sky over Mount Bromo, on the Indonesian island of Java.
Shooting stars are completely harmless, as they occur high in the atmosphere. When you read about meteorites making it to the ground, those come from much larger space rocks that tend to be associated with fireballs.with long trains, the American Meteor Society states. Eta Aquarids have been clocked zooming through the atmosphere at 41 miles per second.If you snap an amazing photo of an Eta Aquarid meteor or any other night-sky sight and you'd like to share it with Space.
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