{"id":36541,"date":"2013-06-10T17:43:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T21:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=36541"},"modified":"2013-06-10T17:43:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T21:43:35","slug":"meteor-shower-on-tuesday-june-11-2013-rare-gamma-delphinids-meteor-shower-may-occur-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/meteor-shower-on-tuesday-june-11-2013-rare-gamma-delphinids-meteor-shower-may-occur-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Shower On Tuesday June 11 2013 — Rare Gamma Delphinids Meteor Shower May Occur This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early on the morning of Tuesday June 11, 2013, a very rare meteor shower — the Gamma Delphinids — may occur. The long dormant meteor shower hasn’t been particularly active in quite some time, but this year the prediction is that it may put on an incredible show — rivaling the best meteor showers of the year, such ad the Perseids and Geminids.<\/p>\n

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The reason for the rarity of the Gamma Delphinid meteor shower is that the dust trail that causes the meteor shower rarely crosses paths with the Earth. The Earth just narrowly misses that dust trail most years, but this year we are expected to pass right through it.<\/p>\n

The meteor shower is a rather “new” one — being first “discovered” on June 10, 1930. That year the meteor shower put on a rather incredible show — even with a full moon the Gamma Delphinids averaged about 100 meteors an hour, with many of the meteors being reportedly as bright as the brightest stars in the sky. It didn’t last very long though, only for an hour or so.<\/p>\n