THE PERSEID METEOR-SHOWER

Authors
HUGHES DW
Citation
Dw. Hughes, THE PERSEID METEOR-SHOWER, Earth, moon, and planets, 68(1-3), 1995, pp. 31-70
Citations number
85
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Earth, moon, and planets → ACNP
ISSN journal
01679295
Volume
68
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
31 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-9295(1995)68:1-3<31:TPM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The Perseids usually appear, with no remarkable variation in numbers, every August, maximising about the 12th. They have a parent, Comet Swi ft-Tuttle (1862 III), and, with the exception of planet Earth, the cau sative meteoroids keep away from perturbing planets. Of all the known streams the origin and evolution of the Perseids should be the easiest to understand. The meteoroids are fast and are prone to fragmentation .