{"id":65935,"date":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=6bce07c9c69400efc0068bf007272888"},"modified":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","slug":"meteor-atmosphere-crossing-will-be-visible-from-kuwait-astronomer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/meteor-atmosphere-crossing-will-be-visible-from-kuwait-astronomer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor atmosphere crossing will be visible from Kuwait — astronomer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eta Aquariids meteor shower will be visible from Kuwait when crossing the Earth atmosphere on May 6, Kuwaiti astronomer Adel Al-Saadoun said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He told KUNA that the meteor shower would skim the atmosphere from April 19 until May 28 and would peak on May 5-6.<\/p>\n
The Eta Aquariids, named after the Aquarius constellation, derive from the debris of Halley’s Comet, the well-known comet that is visible from earth every 76 years.<\/p>\n
Al-Saadoun said the meteor would leave behind a trail of dust, gases and rocks. When the Earth orbit intersects with comets’ orbits, it attracts them to the atmosphere at 66 km\/s speed. They burn at an altitude of some 80 kms above the surface of the Earth.<\/p>\n
The Kuwaiti astronomer advised that the best time to watch the meteor activity would be at 2 a.m. until dawn<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eta Aquariids meteor shower will be visible from Kuwait when crossing the Earth atmosphere on May 6, Kuwaiti astronomer Adel Al-Saadoun said on Wednesday.He told KUNA that the meteor shower would skim the atmosphere from April 19 until May 28 and woul…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n