Meteor/What causes a "falling star"?

Meteor/What causes a "falling star"?

Meteor/What causes a "falling star"?

Since childhood, I was always astonished by those amazingly beautiful falling stars. I always wonder that how this happens?

Do these stars really fall from the sky? And if yes they fall from the sky then where these stars fall and go? Where they vanish and disappear suddenly? If you also have such a question in your mind revolving then get ready, today I will tell you all answers related a "falling star".

What causes a "falling star"?

The science behind shooting stars:

A falling star or a shooting star has nothing at all to do with a star!

These amazing and beautiful streaks of light you can sometimes see in the night sky are caused by tiny bits of dust and rock called meteoroids falling into the Earth's atmosphere and burning up. The short-lived trail of light the burning meteoroid produces is called a meteor.

Meteors are commonly called falling stars or shooting stars. If any part of the meteoroid survives burning up and actually hits the Earth, that remaining bit is then called a meteorite.

At certain times of the year, you are likely to see a great number of meteors in the night sky.

What happens to fall so many Shooting stars?

At certain times of years, you are likely to see a great number of meteors in the night sky.

These events are called meteor showers and they occur when the earth passes through the trails of debris left by a comet as it orbits the Sun. These showers are given names base on the constellation present in the sky from which they appear to originate.

It is important to understand that the meteoroids do not really originate from the constellation or any of the stars in the constellation, however, they just seem to come from that part of the sky because of the way the Earth encounters the particles moving in the path of the comet's orbit.

What causes a "falling star"?

What causes a "falling star"?

Associating the shower name with the region of the sky they seem to come from just helps astronomers know where to look!

Note that one of the best meteor showers, the Perseids, happens in August. "Peak time" is when you are likely to see the larger number of meteors per hour. It occurs the middle of August can be quite spectacular to see!

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