METEOR SHOWER: The Lyrid Meteor Showers are set to crisscross the sky in our region the next two nights. Here's how and when you can catch a glimpse of the meteors. TammieSouza reports
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Co-Op In Cherry Hill Helping Students With Autism, Other Developmental Disabilities Prepare For Working World The Lyrids are a yearly event each April and originate from Comet C/1861 G1, also known as Comet Thatcher. The comet itself circles the sun in a large orbit every 415 years and was last visible on Earth in 1861. The meteor shower occurs as the Earth passes through the comet debris field at the same time each year.
Some years have produced extreme numbers of Lyrid meteors of up to 300 per hour, as was the case in 1922 and 1982. One of the earliest accounts of the Lyrids was in 687 B.C. in China where historical records recall a rainstorm of stars.