People witness the Perseid meteor shower while visiting the Phrygian Valley in Afyonkarahisar, 250 km southwest of Ankara, Sunday (13/8/2023). (PHOTO: AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People witness the Perseid meteor shower while visiting the Phrygian Valley in Afyonkarahisar, 250 km southwest of Ankara, Sunday (13/8/2023). (PHOTO: AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People witness the Perseid meteor shower while visiting the Phrygian Valley in Afyonkarahisar, 250 km southwest of Ankara, Sunday (13/8/2023). (PHOTO: AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A photo taken using the slow speed technique shows stars during the Perseid meteor shower over Holloko castle, Hungary, Sunday, (13/8/2023). (PHOTO : EPA-EFE/Peter Komka)
People witness the Perseid meteor shower while visiting the Phrygian Valley in Afyonkarahisar, 250 km southwest of Ankara, Sunday (13/8/2023). (PHOTO: AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
The Perseid meteor shower is seen over the Phrygian Valley in Afyonkarahisar, 250 km southwest of Ankara, Turkey, Sunday (13/8/2023). (PHOTO: AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Photo taken using slow speed technique shows the Perseid meteor as it enters the earth’s atmosphere as a man sleeps on Tripiti beach on the island of Gavdos, the southernmost point of Greece and Europe, Sunday (13/8/2023). (PHOTO: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TURKEY — The peak of the Perseid meteor shower occurred in the skies of Turkey and Hungary on Sunday (13/8/2023). Head of the Space Research Center for the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Emanuel Sungging explained, it was raining meteor Perseid is a year-round phenomenon.
Meteor Rain perseid occurs when the Earth orbits the Sun and often passes through the cosmic dust regions of the solar system.
The meteor shower that appears appears to radiate from a point in the sky in the constellation Perseus, so this phenomenon is called the Perseid meteor shower.
source: EPA, AP Photo
2023-08-14 00:27:17
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