I really really really really really want to make a wish over a shooting star. When will they come out?
2007-11-20 15:18:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Please don't call them "shooting stars" as they aren't stars at all, but rather meteors, small pieces of space dust which enter the Earth's atmosphere and become incandescent.
You can see meteors any clear night, provided you get away from the light pollution you find in cities. Let your eyes become used to the dark and be patient. They are more frequent on nights when there are "meteor showers," but the next good shower isn't until December 14, the Geminids.
2007-11-20 15:36:44 · answer #1 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you do wish on a star, it won't happen unless someone decides to let that thing happen, whether it's you, someone else, or a dried up leaf that the wind blows past a squirrel that picks up a nut that it brings into your front lawn, which you see out the window and then you realize you're not doing anything productive and decide to do something that somehow causes the thing you wished to come true. Don't ask how many baggies of weed i've smoked today.
2016-05-24 09:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shooting stars are actually fallen meteorites that burn up the the Earth's atmosphere giving them the appearence of a star shooting through the sky
2007-11-20 15:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by vi3t10nisgirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the path of the Earth crosses the orbit of small stones and other rubbish left over from the formation of the Planets. Look it up under Wikipedia. You also need to be well away from City lights and clouds to see them.
2007-11-20 15:39:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You go to google and type in meteor showers and somewhere in there, there will be a schedule. I think the Leonids are ending or have ended.
2007-11-20 17:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shooting stars dont come..they just zoom on by...
2007-11-20 15:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no fixed time for their vision, they are the dust particles which come in earth's atmosphere and get burnt. i have seen one long time ago, i was sleeping in the open balcony, may be u can try and who knows you may sight one................. best of luck
2007-11-20 16:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by M B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wen u get knocked out really bad x( lol
idk really i guess it comes when a meteor or a crater hits our atmosphere or something srry dont know
2007-11-20 15:27:21 · answer #8 · answered by circlecircledotdot 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At night-time.
2007-11-20 17:40:01 · answer #9 · answered by Ultraviolet Oasis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋