Vietnam welcomes the biggest meteor shower in 10 years

On November 16, Mr. Nguyen Duc Phuong, Vietnam Astronomical Society, said that Vietnamese people can admire the wonderful natural phenomenon - meteor shower at about 3 am on November 17 and 18. .

Mr. Phuong said that an average of 10 large meteor showers occur each year with about 100 light tracks per hour. The meteor shower Leonids (Lion) this time is considered unusual in all the common Lion meteor shower.

Normally, after a new 33-year period, Lion meteor shower occurred in the number of more than 1,000 meteors per hour and most recently in 1998.

A Leonids meteor was taken in 1998. (Photo: Internet)

In the meteor shower the sun took place in the dawn of the 17th and 18th, it was predicted that there were about 500 light trails. Although unusual, Mr. Phuong said it did not affect human health and did not carry any spiritual element.

Unlike solar eclipses or eclipses, people can use the naked eye to observe the phenomenon of meteor shower. However, Mr. Dang Vu Tuan Son, Chairman of the Vietnam Young Astronomical Club, said that with the weather forecast, cloudy and rainy at the present time will hinder this observation.

Agreed, but Ward also made a recommendation, if you want to see this meteor shower, people should choose a place to avoid high-pressure light and look toward the eastern horizon (the constellation Lion) is not covered hidden.

According to Mr. Phuong, on the night of the 13th and 14th of December, there will be a meteor shower with about 60-80 light tracks per hour in the sky. 'This will be a beautiful meteor shower with many different colors,' Mr. Phuong said.

According to Mr. Phuong, Lion meteor shower occurs when the earth passes through the dust of comet tail 55P / Tempel-Tuttle. The physical composition (usually small stills) in this cloud rushes into the atmosphere at a speed of about 30-50km / s to generate shock waves, compressing the front air particles to increase the temperature. Thousands of degrees and flames create small light trails at an altitude of 60-100 km (from the ground up).

These small light trails are meteor stars that people see.