Except for the presence of meteoritic material, he says, there is little or no evidence to prove that the mound or the depression in its center is of meteoric origin.
He believes that the meteoritic clumps corresponding to these humps can be reached by sinking a shaft straight down through rock undisturbed by the meteorite's passage, then .
Then come meteoritic associations (comets, meteor streams), systems of satellites, stars, double and multiple stars, star clusters, galaxies, super-galaxies.
The 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower: An Observer’s Guide Get set for the meteoritic grand finale of summer. Northern hemisphere summer that is. As we head into August, our gaze turns towards that “Old Faithful” of meteor showers, the Perseids. Though summer is mostly behind us now, “meteor shower season” is about to get underway in earnest.(...)Read the rest of The 2013 Perseid Meteor […]
Aug. 3, 2013 - Universe Today