When was the Perseid meteor shower first observed?

April 26 - 1803 – Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France

Approximately 30 meteor showers occur each year that are visible to observers on Earth. Some of these showers have been around longer than 100 years. For example, the Perseid meteor shower, which occurs each year in August, was first observed about 2000 years ago and recorded in the Chinese annals

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Thomas Dunlap

They that are born of the Spirit understand spiritual things. Those that are of the world do not. Jesus lives.

eugene wilson

kinda figured it was 2000 years, which coincides with the Star that guided the shepherds to Jesus' Manger.

James Vetzel

That's the thing about living in a "FREE" Society, you can choose to believe or not to believe in whatever you want until your Hearts content. (My Bumper Sticker reads "In Case of Rapture, I Get your Stuff").

Anthony Griffin

Daniel Halley, some people just will never learn, about stomping on some other people's religious beliefs.

debrarice

%#&$

Evelyn Forbes

The Chinese keep good records, however I got it wrong!

Devan Lampkin

Wow....

Brian Hale

The problem is that most religious beliefs are brainwashed into people, you take a impressionable mind and you tell that mind believe in a certain idea or your doomed to pain and suffering for eternity, it's by definition terrorism, but on a bigger more accepted scale

Brian Hale

Lol, I know that in reality you can't really believe that......grow up!

Josephine White

I was right this time

Anthony Griffin

Johnny Strick, perhaps, hhitting the books once again, would be a good idea. The comparision is when the objects appear over a number of years, during the passing of time. Maybe, that rings a bell with you.