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05-23-2014, 07:53 PM
How to Listen to Saturday's Meteor Shower on the Radio
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Set your alarm clock. There could be a massive "meteor storm (http://www.space.com/25742-new-meteor-shower-could-upgrade-to-storm-may-2014-skywatching-video.html)" early Saturday morning, which is when Earth will pass through a century-old dust trail left by comet 209P/LINEAR. Those debris particles will light up in Earth's atmosphere as a new meteor shower
According to the the French astro**mical organization IMCCE, the comet debris trails left in 1803 and 1924 both fall in Earth's path on Friday and Saturday, giving us even better chances of a spectacular display.
See also: The Best Meteor Shower of the Year Might Happen on May 24 (http://mashable.com/2014/05/07/meteor-shower-maybe/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Regardless of the number of meteors observed, the consensus is that at least some kind of meteor shower will take place between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. ET on Saturday. If you're lucky e**ugh to live somewhere free of light pollution, you're probably in for a treat. But if you're stuck in a major metropolitan area, your chances of catching a shooting star are slim Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/meteor-shower-radio/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Set your alarm clock. There could be a massive "meteor storm (http://www.space.com/25742-new-meteor-shower-could-upgrade-to-storm-may-2014-skywatching-video.html)" early Saturday morning, which is when Earth will pass through a century-old dust trail left by comet 209P/LINEAR. Those debris particles will light up in Earth's atmosphere as a new meteor shower
According to the the French astro**mical organization IMCCE, the comet debris trails left in 1803 and 1924 both fall in Earth's path on Friday and Saturday, giving us even better chances of a spectacular display.
See also: The Best Meteor Shower of the Year Might Happen on May 24 (http://mashable.com/2014/05/07/meteor-shower-maybe/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Regardless of the number of meteors observed, the consensus is that at least some kind of meteor shower will take place between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. ET on Saturday. If you're lucky e**ugh to live somewhere free of light pollution, you're probably in for a treat. But if you're stuck in a major metropolitan area, your chances of catching a shooting star are slim Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/meteor-shower-radio/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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