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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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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @07:37AM
"What does GOD need with a Comcast satellite?"
(Forgive him, he does not yet believe.)
DO YOU DOUBT ME?
"I doubt any being that would need a Comcast satellite to communicate at all, much less with his own creations!"
Spivak: "Wait! The god of Sha Ka Ree would not be such a dick as this!"
OH, YEAH? WATCH ME!
*Klingon fire*
Kirk: "Well, that went well."