The quadrant meteor shower will be in full bloom. Is it superstition to wish on a shooting star?

Hu, an engineer at Purple Mountain Observatory of China Academy of Sciences, said that unlike most meteor showers originating from comets, the mother of quadrant meteor showers is asteroid 2003EH 1. The peak of quadrant meteor shower is very short, only 6-8 hours. Meteors in the meteor group usually don't leave traces in the sky, but there are usually very bright Mars. Quadrant meteor shower is famous for its bright Mars. Mars is a bigger burst of light and color, and their trajectory is longer than that of ordinary meteors. Fireballs appear because of their large mass and enter the earth's atmosphere. Later, it could not burn at high altitude and continued to enter the lower atmosphere. It collides with the lower atmosphere at high speed and produces dazzling light. After the fireball disappears, it will leave a long cloud-like belt on its path, which is very ornamental. Sometimes, fireballs are accompanied by burning sounds.

Perhaps influenced by some movies and TV series, in many people's eyes, meteor shower is a symbol of romance and beauty, and also an opportunity to make a wish. But in fact, the meteor shower across the night sky is really beautiful, and the wish is just a beautiful imagination. In addition, the formation of meteor showers has nothing to do with constellations. It is a tradition to make meteors all over the world, especially stars. But have you ever wondered why we should do this? How did this tradition come into being? In fact, meteors are not real stars. Stars are the floorboard of burning bright celestial bodies. The bright object in the sky, which we call the sun, is a real star.

When rocks or dust floating in space (called meteoroids) enter the earth's atmosphere, they will generate heat, and then burn due to friction with the earth's atmosphere. If a meteoroid burns in the sky and leaves visible traces, it is called a meteor. If a meteoroid does not burn completely in the atmosphere, the rest will fall to the earth, and the part that falls to the ground is called a meteorite. In fact, people seldom encounter meteorites, let alone get hurt by them.

Although meteors keep burning in the earth's atmosphere, they are rarely big enough to produce bright traces. Even on a clear night, it is difficult to observe meteors for hours with the naked eye. However, if you use a telescope, you may see a meteor every 10 to 15 minutes. Perhaps it is because of its rarity that people believe that meteors have magical functions that can make people's wishes come true.