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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 14 2016, @11:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the oooh,-aaah dept.

BBC News reports on an ESA essay (PDF), Spacecraft risk posed by the 2016 Perseid outburst. The essay warned of

[...] enhanced activity on a level similar to that of 2009 as the Earth passes through several debris trails on the night of August 11-12 (UT).

[...] the projected kinetic energy weighted Perseid flux at the time of the strongest maximum is only increased by 50% above that of the normal sporadic background [...]

[...] the 2016 Perseids exhibited above average activity for over half a day, from late UTC on August 11 to just past the middle of August 12.

The BBC explains that this means the Earth was predicted to pass "through a particularly distinct bit of debris" that had been deflected by Jupiter. The meteor strikes have been taking place since mid-July and are expected to continue through the weekend.

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