Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

Meteor showers happen every year and are a spectacular sight. Jim Vajda/Flickr, CC BYHave you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky? As the director of the Peters Observatory at Hamilton College, I have seen many similar streaks across the sky, as I spend late nights at the observatory, and I am here to tell you that wh…

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? Learn how to establish and classify the rocks you notice streaking in the course of the sky

Have you ever ever been out at evening and observed a streak of sunshine blast around the sky and disappear? Ever surprise the place that capturing celebrity got here from, or the way it were given to be on your sky? Because the director of the Peters Observatory at Hamilton Faculty, I’ve observed many equivalent streaks around the sky, as I spend overdue nights on the observatory, and I’m right here to let you know that what you noticed isn’t a…