Earthsky Tonight – Dec 19 2009 Ursid meteor

Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.earthsky.org Some meteor showers, like the Perseids in August, have been watched each year at the same time for many centuries. But the Ursid meteor shower, which peaks in the next day or so, has been observed for only a single century. It was first observed around the turn of the 20th century, when a skywatcher noticed that some meteors seen around this time of year weren’t random in their direction of motion across our ... Full Story