Can you see shooting stars every night of the year?

Answer 1

Yes, but it's hard for the naked eye to see the shooting stars because of the speed it moves at and the small amount of light it produce. It is more visible in country areas where the place is not as polluted as the cities. Less particles in the air, easier the relection of the light are seen by our eye. In scientists eyes you should be able to see a shooting star every second. But many are small and are hard to detect. Just focus in the sky looking at the same spot should help a bit, maybe your lucky enough one fly by your point.

Answer 2

Yes,

According to the History Channel a football size peice of space rock hits the earth once every 4 hours. These are the shooting stars that actually make it to land on the earth. Far more are burned up in the atmosphere. So yes you can see shooting stars every night of the year, it just depends on the incoming debri.

Events like, this weeks Perseid Meteor Shower are annual events as the earth's orbit takes it through a known debri field created by the passage of the comet Swift-Tuttle. However, the weather wasn't the greatest for viewing in the US this year.

Answer 3

ha. took the word right out of my mouth.

sure.

although near these dates the chances increase drastically.

the Perseids AUG. 13
the Leonids NOV 17
the Geminieds DEC 14

I just found this on wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower

Quadrantids early January
Lyrids late April
Pi Puppids late April
Eta Aquarids early May
Arietids mid June
June Bootids late June
Southern Delta Aquarids late July
Perseids mid-August
Draconids early October
Orionids late October
Southern Taurids
Northern Taurids mid-November
Leonids mid-November
Geminids mid-December
Ursids late December

Answer 4

Yes. Stuff is always falling but much harder to see if it's not a 'shower'.

Answer 5

Sure.