The Perseids

PERSEIDS · meteor shower · Common

The Perseids

They peak around 12 August, year after year.

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The real thing

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The Perseids, photographed by NASA
NASA / Bill Ingalls · Public domain
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109P/Swift–Tuttle
Object
meteor shower
Rarity
Common
Position
Moves — computed for the night
PEAK
12–13 Aug
RATE
~100 an hour
SPEED
59 km/s
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