Scientists have created an interactive map of the movement of meteorites

Scientists create map of the falling stars

Every year thousands of meteorites and asteroids speeding through the Solar system, burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere and pleasing to humanity is an amazing phenomenon that people are romantically called “shooting stars”.

The scientists decided to “look” at this event from space and to provide an interactive map of the movement of meteorites.

The visualization, created by engineer Ian Webster, allows users to view the trajectory of a meteor stream in the Solar system and watch as some space of “lumps” Dodge the Ground. Data engineer received from multiple sources: surveillance cameras on the ISS from NASA and the SETI Institute.

Combining all the information, Webster has presented 12 different meteor showers that pass through the system over the years, starting with the April Lyrids and ending December Ursidae. You can see every meteor shower separately in detail under the Sun and above it, closer to the Ground or to Pluto.

Meteor shower Lerida can be seen from 16 to 25 April, and its maximum will fall on April 22. Astronomers expect up to 15 meteors per hour.

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