[NASA] APOD: 2026 August 18 – Perseids from Perseus

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Perseids from Perseus

Explanation: This was a good year for the 

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. A key reason was 

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 was absent from lighting up 

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 so that 

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 were visible than usual. Where was the Moon? It was busy 

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. Near the Perseids peak, the Moon moved directly in front of the Sun and created a total 

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 visible from 

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 and 

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. The 

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 occur when the Earth collides with a 

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 cast off by 

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. Perseid meteors, although typically only the size of a 

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 grain, tend to be fast and bright because Swift-Tuttle’s debris orbits 

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 in a 

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 Earth’s orbital motion. In the 

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 compilation, accumulated over several nights from 

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 in the 

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, the Perseids meteor streaks can be traced back to a single location on the sky — its 

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 in 

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Date	August 18, 2026
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Authors & editors:	Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Keighley Rockcliffe
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