The annual Lyrids meteor shower will peak in the pre-dawn hours of April 23. This is just...
The milky way and meteors of the annual Lyrids meteor shower are seen in the night sky over Burg auf Fehmarn on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, on April 20, 2018.The annual Lyrids meteor shower will peak in the pre-dawn hours of April 23. This is just days after a new moon, so there should be darker skies to try and spot the"shooting stars."When is the Lyrids meteor shower? Peak date and more.
The Lyrids typically aren't as fast or plentiful as the famous Perseids in August. They don't tend to leave long, glowing dust trains behind them, but they can produce the occasional bright flash, which is called a fireball. This meteor shower occurs each year as the Earth moves through the trail of dust and particles left behind by Comet Thatcher. It takes this comet 415 years to orbit the sun once.
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