The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday morning, May 5.
Written By:
Bob King for the Duluth News Tribune | 1:31 pm, May 3, 2021 ×
A bright Eta Aquariid meteor shoots across the northern lights on May 6, 2013. Both the meteor and the aurora lie at approximately the same altitude of 70 miles (113 km). (Bob King)
A modest meteor shower is on tap this week. Named the Eta Aquariids (AY-tuh Uh-QWAR-ee-ids), their parent is Halley s Comet, which last passed by Earth in 1986 and will again in 2061. If you re currently about 55 years old or younger you ve got a reasonably good chance of seeing it on that future date. I spent many nights with the comet in 1985-86, and unless I make it to 107 I expect they were my last. Halley s reaches it greatest distance from the sun in late 2023 beyond the planet Neptune then slowly ambles back toward the sun.
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