2006-11-23 07:39:31 · 10 answers · asked by asdfjkl;!! 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
...because if you look somewhere else where the star won't appear, you won''t see the shooting star. you can't see a shooting star if you are not looking in the direction of the star. You can't see something that you're not looking at obviously.
2006-11-23 07:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by Harold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phenomenon of a "shooting star" is more common than we think. It is asteroids that get into the atmosphere of our planet and start to burn because of the friction. As there are many lost pieces of rock traveling aimlessly across the universe, and big masses tend to attract smaller ones, Earth acts as a giant magnet it pulls them down.
And, statistically, during the summer, especially in July and August there is an average of 1 asteroid falling/2 or 3 minutes. If, say, lying on your back you can see, say, 1/3 of a sky, than you should see an average of 6 to 10 "shooting stars" per hour.
2006-11-23 08:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by enthernae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is it that when you DON'T see a shooting star you're NOT looking in that direction?
2006-11-23 07:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would have to be looking in that direction in order to see it because it is only there for a fraction of a second. This is because a shooting 'star' is infact just a piece of space debris, burning up in our atmostsphere upon entry.
2006-11-23 09:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its seem you are infact ORACLE from MATRIX as you know that a shooting star would be falling in a given direction and you already looking over there
2006-11-23 07:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by AstroWiz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since the sky is so big and a shooting star is so small, in order to see the star you must be looking straight at it and it would be almost imposible to see it out of the corner of your eye for a few reasons
if the corner of your eye was faced up, you get such a small view it is unlikly to see one out of the corner of your eye and also the view is so small it would apper to be a big star because you would have no other stars to refrence that one to
the most important reason is:
when looking at the sky you see what is beside you on earth throuth the corner of your eye because it isnt faced up
hope you could understand this it wasnt well writen
2006-11-23 09:36:54 · answer #6 · answered by BillyG2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darling... The sky is HUGE and there are shooting stars all over the place.
Believe it or not... there could be one behind you at the very same time you're seeing another.
Wow...
2006-11-23 07:47:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy. Well, did you ever think you have missed a lot of shooting stars because they were behind you? People, help me here.
2006-11-23 07:42:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you weren't looking in that direction, you wouldn't see it.
Doug
2006-11-23 07:48:18 · answer #9 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's hard to see something that's not in your field of vision
if you're not looking at it, why should you see it?
2006-11-23 07:41:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋