The Tau Herculid Meteor Shower — Possible Outburst

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The Tau Herculid Meteor Shower — Possible Outburst

May 25, 2022: In late 1995, Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 exploded. Next week, some of the debris might hit Earth. Above: NASA images of Comet 73P still crumbling years after its initial breakup…

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Multiple forecasters agree that a meteor shower could erupt on May 31, 2022, when Earth runs into one or more debris streams from Comet 73P. The display could be as intense as a meteor storm (1000 or more meteors per hour) or as weak as nothing at all. No one knows how much debris is inside the approaching streams, so meteor rates are hard to estimate.

Whatever happens, people in North America are in a good position to see it. Almost the entire continent will be in Moon-free darkness when the shower peaks. Maximum activity is expected around 1:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (05:00 UT) on Tuesday morning, May 31st. The shower’s radiant (the point from which all meteors stream) will be almost straight above Baja California.

Seeing a meteor storm has been a lifelong dream. If this goes I'll be getting the grand-kids up.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I remember as a kid laying on the roof of a trailer in South Carolina watching one. It was amazing. To this day I can still see it.