Meteor Shower 2023

[nomadpete]

Unfortunately I can't see it through the clouds.

 

However  the news had some tantalising shots.

 

Can anyone explain to me  why these meteors are arriving at Earth's atmosphere  from many very different angles?

 

I had always expected they would come from roughly the same direction.

 

Are they being sent to us by different  gods, living in different  parts of  space?

 

Well they wouldn't all live together  would they?

 

 

 

[nomadpete]

PS, moderator can you please add the missing 'r' to meteor, in the thread title?

[pmccarthy]

Missing r's usually means that the silver screw fell out.

[red750]

1 hour ago, nomadpete said:

PS, moderator can you please add the missing 'r' to meteor, in the thread title?

Happy to oblige.

[willedoo]

On 13/08/2023 at 7:22 PM, nomadpete said:

Can anyone explain to me  why these meteors are arriving at Earth's atmosphere  from many very different angles?

Are they arriving at the outer extent of Earth's atmosphere from different angles, or are they coming from the same direction and the being deflected by the atmosphere?

[facthunter]

Our speed around the Sun is pretty high. It's about 30 million miles each year. i think we fly into their area now and again. Its often many years before  the next event   Nev

[nomadpete]

7 hours ago, facthunter said:

Our speed around the Sun is pretty high. It's about 30 million miles each year. i think we fly into their area now and again. Its often many years before  the next event   Nev

My reasoning is that this would make the meteors all appear to streak across the sky in the same direction. But some pictures show more random directions, in the same frame.

 

Curioser and curioser, said Alice.

[facthunter]

There's heaps of space junk always coming down, which might be part of it.   Nev

[Old Koreelah]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

There's heaps of space junk always coming down, which might be part of it.   Nev

…which means they are adding their mass to our planet. Will this slow us down or cause us to be drawn closer to our star?

[octave]

I believe losses outstrip gains. 

 

Current estimates place the loss of hydrogen and helium at 6.6 pounds (3 kilograms) per second. That works out to just a tad more than 100,000 tons (90,700 metric tons) per year. When you compare that to the estimated mass of meteoric material that falls to Earth each year (approximately 50,000 tons), indeed, our planet does seem to be on a weight-loss program.

 

Is the Earth Gaining or Losing Mass?

[Old Koreelah]

Bugger! We might have to cut back on all those party balloons.