Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

   If you happened to be awake at 3am Wednesday morning, then you might have wondered what was going on in the sky. The stars twinkling, streaks of light, shooting stars it was all a result of a Quadrantid Meteor Shower. The Quadrantid Showers are often the most intense showers of they year, yet the shortest of them all. 
Quadrantids are a northern-hemisphere phenomenon, because of the direction they come. Quadrantid Showers occur when the Earth passes through a narrow trail of debris left by an asteroid called 2003 EH1, which is why they are the shortest. The shower lasted from 3 a.m., till dawn. "What you're seeing are tiny particles, some no larger than grains of sand, plunging into the atmosphere at speeds of up to 90,000 mph. They typically burn up -- a quick and spectacular death -- about 50 miles overhead." said Ned Potter a reported for abc news. 


Adriana Lugo
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