One of the most romantic moments a couple can experience is staring at the night sea when suddenly a 'shooting star' appears. At that instant the couple kisses and makes a wish. Awww. To achieve that idyllic scene, you can cheat, and at Neoteo we want to tell you how to track meteor falls in real time... and thus create a unique moment! You can also use it to marvel at the absolute infinity that surrounds us, no girlfriend required.
For all this we will use the website MeteorScan, a fairly complex meteor detector to use but with many advanced features. Ideal for those who study these topics (and for hopeless romantics).
We will focus on the following topics:
- Where to look for live meteor activity?
- How to determine real meteorite activity?
- How many meteorites hit the Earth every hour?
- Meteor activity of the last 24 hours.
- When will the next meteor showers be?
Where to look for live meteor activity?
- From the Live View option you can track any meteor shower activity in real time. The graph will show you the exact coordinates of the fall of the celestial bodies.
How to determine a real meteorite activity?
- In the graph you will see red and yellow jumps, these peaks are true meteorite activities (not space junk falls). This data is shown with a one-minute interval (it is a fake live).
How many meteorites hit the Earth every hour?
- The data varies depending on the day and the hour, but you can see the number of celestial bodies that fall on the planet each day or in different time ranges at the bottom of the box. That box shows you its category (Class), the name of the celestial body (Name), the days of visualization (Dates), and the day of impact (Peak Day) and the ZHR data.
MeteorScan is an online tool to track meteorites in real time and it delivers what it promises. The problem with the utility is that if you don't have knowledge about this science, the data provided will be difficult for you to decode. If that is your case, maybe it's time to start studying a bit about the subject, so that finally you know the exact place and time when you will receive that kiss. Good luck!
