Is it true that 2 types of meteor showers in the sky of Bandung at the end of July 2022 are dangerous? This is what BRIN said

PRFMNEWS – A meteor shower will occur and can be seen on the sky Bandung starting July 29, 2022. There are two types rain meteors, namely Alpha-Capricornids and Delta-Aquariids.

A meteor shower is an annual astronomical phenomenon that occurs when a number of meteors slide back and forth from a certain point in the sky the skyso it looks like a falling star or a moving star.

Then, is it true? rain meteors in the sky Bandung What will happen from 29 July 2022 is dangerous and triggers certain impacts on the weather?

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Principal Researcher in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Thomas Djamaluddin explained, meteors are actually inter-planetary rock or dust that enters the atmosphere and then burns because of atmospheric friction.

Thomas mentions rain The Alpha-Capricornids meteor will appear on 30 – 31 July 2022, starting at 20.00 WIB on the eastern horizon and becoming clearer after midnight on the eastern horizon. the sky south.

This type of meteor shower comes from the dust cluster of comet 169P/NEAT which passes by the earth.

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Then, rain The second meteor, called Delta Aquariids, can be observed on 29-30 July 2022 starting at 23.00 WIB on the eastern horizon. The peak is around 02.00 WIB at the sky south.

According to Thomas, rain This type of meteor is thought to have come from the dust of comet 96P/Machholz.

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