{"id":2871,"date":"2009-08-11T11:05:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T16:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2009-08-10T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T15:52:41","slug":"perseid-meteor-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/2871","title":{"rendered":"Perseid meteor shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of stargazing, check out the <strong>Perseid meteor shower<\/strong>. The best time for viewing these &#8220;shooting stars&#8221; is from midnight to dawn tonight and again late tomorrow night. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/headlines\/y2009\/31jul_perseids2009.htm\">NASA&#8217;s website<\/a>, this meteor shower is an annual event in August as the tail of the comet, Swift-Tuttle, intersects with the earth&#8217;s orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Want to read about meteors and comets? Below are just a few books that are available in Andersen Library on these topics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cosmic Pinball: The Science of Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids<\/em> by\u00a0 Carolyn Sumners and Carlton Allen (QB721 .S85 2000, main collection, 3rd floor).<\/li>\n<li><em>Comet Science: The Study of Remnants from the Birth of the Solar System<\/em> by Jacques Crovisier and The\u0301re\u0300se Encrenaz ; translated by Stephen Lyle (QB721 .S85 2000, main collection, 3rd floor).<\/li>\n<li><em>Cosmic Phenomena <\/em>by Gabriele Vanin (QB500 .V36 1999, main oversize collection, 3rd floor).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find more books on astronomy, search the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtwlib.wisconsin.edu\/\">library catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of stargazing, check out the Perseid meteor shower. The best time for viewing these &#8220;shooting stars&#8221; is from midnight to dawn tonight and again late tomorrow night. According to NASA&#8217;s website, this meteor shower is an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/2871\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,36],"tags":[1684,178,2080],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-library","category-around-the-world","tag-astronomy","tag-books","tag-nasa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}