The sky will put on some show tonight as another meteor shower Camelopardalis will occur tonight of May 2014.
Sky watchers will enjoy the view as the Earth passes through the debris of Comet 209P/LINEAR. The meteor shower will most likely occur on Friday night and early Saturday morning which is May 23-24, 2014. As the planet orbits the sun, it usually encounters interplanetary debris that usually heats the Earth's atmosphere until it begins to glow across the sky, a result known as the shooting star or falling star.
Five days before the comet will make its close approach to the planet which is on the 29th, the Earth will pass through the comet's orbit and which will eventually cause the appearance of thousands of shooting stars in the night sky. The event which will occur on the weekend of May 2014 is just another meteor shower following the previous Eta Aquarid which took place earlier this month.
The meteor shower this May 2014 known as the Camelopardalis will be first most visible in areas of northern US and southern Canada as well as parts of Europe. The event will also have a chance that the gentle shooting stars at about 12 miles per second could turn into a meteor storm wherein thousands is expected to appear in the night sky in just an hour, thus making it a great sky show.
As to the Comet 209P/LINEAR, it was first spotted in February of 2004 and was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project. It is also the first chance encounter between the comet and the planet.
Stargazers may enjoy this meteor shower 2014 in a clear sky and it is most visible in almost all parts of the sky, so there's no worry that it will be missed just as long as there is patience in looking up.
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