meteor showers

METEOR SHOWERS SEEN ACROSS REGION: MORE DUE NOV. 16

 

November 7, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) –Meteor showers were reported across San Diego, Orange and Riverside County  last night.  The bright lights streaking across the skies were all part of the Taurid Meteor Shower, known for producing  spectacular fireballs.

If you missed it, watch for the Leoinids meteor shower due up next,  on November 16.

Meteor showers are caused by earth entering a zone where a comet (such as the image at left, photographed by Jim Morrison, San Diego Astronomy Association) passed through the earth-s orbit in the past. As the sun heats a comet up, it leaves a trail of dust and rocky debris ejected off.


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