When is National Meteor Watch Day?

Friday June 30th

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National Meteor Watch Day | June 30

National Meteor Watch Day encourages us to look to the stars for one of the night sky's most spectacular sights on June 30th.. 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 a national meteor watch day is a learning opportunity

As space debris, such as pieces of rock, makes its way into the Earth's atmosphere, the surrounding air becomes scorching hot. This "shooting star" streaking through the atmosphere surrounded by flaming hot air is a meteor.

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