The average Lyrid shower produces 15 to 20 meteors per hour.
said. This year, the skinny and almost-new moon won’t hinder the view.
Although the Lyrid meteor shower can occasionally produce nearly 100 meteors per hour, the average Lyrid shower produces 15 to 20 meteors per hour, according toThe Lyrids begin as tiny specks of dust that hit Earth’s atmosphere at 109,600 mph, vaporizing from friction with the air and leaving behind the streaks of light we call meteors,The meteors appear to emanate from the constellation Lyra the Harp, near the bright star Vega, which rises in late evening and passes nearly overhead shortly...
Lyrids are pieces of debris from the CometC/1861 G1 Thatcher and have been observed for more than 2,700 years,The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor shower goes back to 687 BC in China. Observers there said the Lyrids were"falling like rain." The Lyrids are known for their fast and bright meteors, NASA said, though not as fast or as plentiful as the famous Perseids in August.
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