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I think the Perseids are peaking tonight.

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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1557950035760922625

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https://twitter.com/flair4thevisual/status/1557839696314736642

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6 meteors in 3 nights' watching is, sadly, pretty realistic when it comes to meteor showers.

Sadly that composite picture is highly likely to be distributed minus caption and represented as a snapshot.

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https://twitter.com/MAstronomers/status/1618327760262561792

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Quote :: The tiny body is just 3.8 to 8.4 meters in size, which implies that if it interacts with the atmosphere, it will ultimately split into a thousand fragments that will later be burned by friction.

https://blog.physics-astronomy.com/2023/01/breaking-asteroid-2023-bu-will-crash.html

Colbert

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That is pretty close, like missing a football by 17cm.

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