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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Meteor Wind over Tunisia

    08/16/2022 4:12:51 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 20 replies
    APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 16 Aug, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Makrem Larnaout
    Explanation: Does the Earth ever pass through a wind of meteors? Yes, and they are frequently visible as meteor showers. Almost all meteors are sand-sized debris that escaped from a Sun-orbiting comet or asteroid, debris that continues in an elongated orbit around the Sun. Circling the same Sun, our Earth can move through an orbiting debris stream, where it can appear, over time, as a meteor wind. The meteors that light up in Earth's atmosphere, however, are usually destroyed. Their streaks, though, can all be traced back to a single point on the sky called the radiant. The featured image...