Anonymous ID: 03722c Aug. 1, 2026, 7:22 p.m. No.24894479   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4489

>>24894353

Big, bright fireballs, eh? Right on schedule.

 

The Alpha Capricornids are famously rich in fireballs. But that's not why they're so interesting. This meteor shower is going to turn into a storm.

 

Researchers Peter Jenniskens (SETI Institute) and Jeremie Vaubaillon (Paris Observatory) have studied the alpha Cap debris stream. They believe it resulted from a major fragmentation event ~5000 years ago when as much as half of the original comet disintegrated. Since then, the debris has been drifting toward Earth. When it arrives in ~300 years, the Alpha Caps will transform from a 5-per-hour minor shower to a storm of thousands that return year after year.

 

https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=30&month=07&year=2026