When is National Meteor Watch Day?

Friday June 30th

NATIONAL METEOR WATCH DAY | JUNE 30 – JUNE 30.

National Meteor Watch Day | June 30

National Meteor Watch Day on June 30th, encourages us to look to the stars for one of the night sky's most spectacular sights. People on a cloudless night, also known as National Meteor Day, people flock to the heavens in the hopes of finding the glow of a falling star..

A learning opportunity for a national meteor watch day

When space debris, such as pieces of rock, penetrates the Earth's atmosphere, the surrounding air becomes scorching hot. A meteor with this "shooting star" streaking through the sky and surrounded by flaming hot air is a meteor.

The bulk of meteoroids that cause meteor meteor meteors are only the size of a pebble.