Astronomy Resources - Taking a Meteor Shower

Authors

Stephanie A. AlthofFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The summer months are often the most popular for skygazing. Mild weather combined with a host of appealing astronomical events tends to attract both amateur and professional astronomers to look skyward. One of the more brilliant and "flashy" events to observe is a meteor shower. As children, many of us remember watching a "falling" star shoot across the sky. Little did we know that what we were actually observing was a piece of space debris known as a' 'meteor.'' Meteors may appear at any time and from any direction, but most of the visible meteors viewed each year are parts of defined meteor showers.

Publication Date

Spring 1992

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

29

Issue

1

First Page

31

Last Page

33

Copyright

© Copyright 1992 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Althof, Stephanie A. (1992) "Astronomy Resources - Taking a Meteor Shower," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 29: No. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol29/iss1/7