What do you know about meteor showers?

July 27 began the season of meteor showers. On the night of this date, the first powerful meteor shower of summer, the Aquarids, could be observed. What do you know about this phenomenon? Test your knowledge with our quiz!

What is a starfall?

the phenomenon of penetration of numerous small solids into the Earth’s atmosphere

glow in the upper layers of the atmosphere due to the ingress of charged particles into it

refraction of sunlight in water droplets at high altitude

What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

Meteors are small, and meteorites are large

Meteorites are iron meteors

Meteor is a body that invades the earth’s atmosphere and burns, and a meteorite is a meteor that reached the surface without burning.

What is the name of an imaginary point in the sky, from which all meteors seem to fly out during a starfall?

bolide

radiant

meteorism

Which celestial bodies are usually associated with meteor showers?

asteroids

comets

moons

In honor of what meteor showers get their name

in honor of the constellations in which their radiants are located

in honor of the months of the year in which they are observed

in honor of the scientists who discovered them

In which constellation is the radiant of the meteor shower Eta-Aquarii, the maximum of which falls on May 6

Aquila

Aquarius

Pisces

At what altitude do meteors usually become visible?

10 km

100 km

1000 km

A specific meteor shower is observed on Earth:

Every year, at about the same time

Every year on a random day of a certain month

Every four years for a certain week

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