NASA Denies Rumor That Perseids Meteor Shower Will Be The "Brightest Ever"

legion reportshavestatedthat the forthcoming Perseids meteor rain shower will be the brightest ever recorded in human story . NASA , however , articulate that ’s not genuine – although it should still be telling .

From Friday ,   August 11 to Sunday , August 13 , the Perseids meteor shower will top out in the Northern Hemisphere , with up to 150 expected per hour . The meteors will originate from the Perseids configuration , which is where they get their name from .

The Perseids happens every twelvemonth in August , when Earth pass along through the junk left by Comet Swift - Tuttle .

While impressive , they will not be the brilliant ever . In a blog post , NASA noted that the Moon will wash out most of the fainter meteor , so at secure you ’ll see a meteoroid every few minutes .

“ A meteor every couple of minutes is good , and surely worth go outside to look , but it is just the ‘ bright shower in human history,’”wroteBill Cooke from NASA ’s Meteoroid Environment Office .

“ We wish this were true … but no such thing is going to bump . ”

So what is the brightest meteor shower ever in human account ? Well , it ’s difficult to know for certain , but the Leonids meteor shower in 1833 count promising . During this issue , it ’s thought there were up to 100,000 meteors per hour , or about 20 to 30 meteoroid per second . That ’s seriously telling .

“ Upwards of 100 lay prostrate on the earth … with their paw raised , imploring God to make unnecessary the worldly concern and them , ” a description of the issue fromA Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy , Volume 1 , 1889 read .   “ The scene was truly awed ; for never did rainwater fall much thicker than the meteors vanish towards the Earth ; east , west , north and due south , it was the same . ”

Astronomers would jazz to see such an event again . Sadly , this year ’s meteor shower looks unlikely to be that unbelievable . But it will be impressive all the same , so if you get a chance , assay and take a look at the Nox sky over the next few nights .

retrieve to wrap up up warm and give your middle 20 minutes or so to adjust to the darkness . If you ’re lucky , you may just spot a fairish few meteors burn up in our atmosphere .