Hujan Meteor Tertua Hiasi di Langit California
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Hujan Meteor Tertua Hiasi di Langit California

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Selasa, 25 Apr 2023 20:00 WIB

Amerika Serikat - Hujan Meteor Lyrids terlihat di California. Hujan meteor ini dikenal sebagai salah satu hujan meteor tertua yang pernah tercatat.

CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Hujan Meteor Lyrids dan Bima Sakti ditangkap di dekat Death Valley di Panamint Springs, California, Amerika Serikat, Senin (24/4/2023).

CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Hujan Meteor Lyrids dikenal sebagai salah satu hujan meteor tertua yang pernah tercatat.

CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Setiap hujan meteor memiliki komet induk dari mana datang puing-puing yang membentuk hujan. Komet Lyrid diberi nama C/1861 G1 Thatcher, yang baru setengah jalan dari orbit 415 tahunnya.

CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Lyrids mungkin bukan yang paling aktif dari hujan tahunan. Namun, dibandingkan dengan ratusan hujan meteor lainnya yang ditemukan para ilmuwan menggunakan peralatan profesional, hujan meteor ini dapat menawarkan beberapa meteor per jam yang cukup terang untuk dilihat oleh pengamat biasa.

CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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