{"id":76,"date":"2020-01-24T13:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T21:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2022-07-08T20:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T03:19:55","slug":"meteor-showers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Showers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f22d5010cf6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f22d5010cf6\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#What_are_meteoroid_streams_and_meteor_showers\" >What are meteoroid streams and meteor showers?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#How_do_I_observe_a_meteor_shower\" >How do I observe a meteor shower?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#When_do_the_most_intense_outbursts_occur\" >When do the most intense outbursts occur?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#What_is_a_meteor_storm\" >What is a meteor\u00a0storm?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#Why_are_some_longitudes_favored\" >Why are some longitudes favored?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#Can_damage_to_satellites_occur\" >Can damage to satellites occur?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#For_more_information\" >For more information:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/#MAJOR_ANNUAL_METEOR_SHOWERS\" >MAJOR\u00a0ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_meteoroid_streams_and_meteor_showers\"><\/span>What are meteoroid streams and meteor showers?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Meteor shower displays are associated with the Earth&#8217;s passage through meteor streams. These streams consist of the debris left over from the passage of comets (see diagram to the left for the Leonids meteor stream). As comets pass through the inner solar system, the radiation from the Sun causes them heat up, evaporating the dusty-icy materials of the comet. \u00a0 These particles are left in the wake of the comets passage creating a stream of small debris that is strewn along the comets orbital path.\u00a0 If the orbit of the Earth intersects the orbital path of a comet, then at regular predictable times throughout the year the Earth will pass through the stream of debris creating a meteor shower.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_observe_a_meteor_shower\"><\/span>How do I observe a meteor shower?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Enjoying a meteor shower is easy. You need only a site far from the blinding lights of the city.\u00a0 Take with you a lawn chair or sleeping bag, perhaps a blanket or hot chocolate to keep warm, and gaze upward towards the sky.\u00a0 Absolutely no equipment is needed to enjoy the cosmic show.\u00a0 For safety reasons, never observe alone in a secluded place. Meteors come in all brightnesses, sizes, and colors, and there is no way to predict what might appear on any given night.\u00a0 Most will be dim, but some can appear quite spectacular.\u00a0 If our Earth encounters a much larger meteoroid than is common&#8211;say, the size of a marble&#8211;it might appear much brighter than any of the stars or planets in the sky. We would see its demise as a brilliant smoking or flaming fireball.\u00a0 More than 50,000 fireballs occur in our atmosphere each year, though most are not seen since they occur in daylight, over un-populated areas or open ocean.\u00a0 If a fireball produces a sonic boom, it is then called a bolide.\u00a0 Only about one out of every ten fireballs behaves in this way.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_do_the_most_intense_outbursts_occur\"><\/span>When do the most intense outbursts occur?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Your best chance of seeing meteors comes after midnight and before dawn. The reason for this peculiarity lies in the motion of our Earth. In the hours following sunset, our hemisphere faces the direction opposite our orbital motion&#8211;that is, we are on the trailing side of the Earth and are looking out the Earth&#8217;s &#8220;rear window.&#8221; Only those meteoroids that catch up to us at a speed of at least 18 miles per second (29 kilometers per second) can fall into our atmosphere. With clear weather we might see two to six sporadic meteors each hour during early evening. After midnight, however, we lie on the leading side, facing the direction of the Earth&#8217;s orbital motion. Now, when we gaze into the sky, we peer out our planet&#8217;s &#8220;front window&#8221; and can see all those particles being swept into the atmosphere &#8220;head-on.&#8221; The nearer to dawn it becomes, the more sporadic meteors we can expect to see&#8211;perhaps as many as 14 per hour-as well as shower meteors.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_meteor_storm\"><\/span>What is a meteor\u00a0storm?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Typically, a meteor shower only produces a couple dozen meteors per hour.\u00a0 But, occasionally a meteor shower occurs soon after the comet (whose debris is the &#8220;stuff&#8221; of the meteor shower) has made a recent visit.\u00a0 As a result, dense pockets of debris are left in the comet&#8217;s wake.\u00a0 If the Earth encounters one of these dense pockets of debris, a meteor storm occurs.\u00a0 One of the more famous meteor showers is the Leonids (peaking around mid-November each year).\u00a0 The meteor shower is caused by the comet Tempel-Tuttle with a 33 year orbit.\u00a0 In November of 1966, the last time Comet Tempel-Tuttle swung by our planet and left in its wake a fresh supply of dust, skywatchers were treated to a cosmic extravaganza as meteors fell at the staggering rate of 41 per second!\u00a0 In a typical year, the Leonids produces a meteor rate of about 60 to 100 meteors per hour falling from the direction of the constellation Leo in the eastern sky. \u00a0\u00a0 However, every 33 years or so, watchers are treated to the show of a lifetime.\u00a0 It&#8217;s certainly happened before, perhaps it will happen again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_are_some_longitudes_favored\"><\/span>Why are some longitudes favored?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The meteors in any given shower come from a particular direction in space. You need to be on the hemisphere facing that direction to see the meteors. It also has to be night-time, except for incredibly bright fireballs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_damage_to_satellites_occur\"><\/span>Can damage to satellites occur?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Very high speed impacts of tiny dust grains on satellites can cause plasma to be generated, which can lead to electrical failure. There is evidence that the Olympus communications satellite was disabled owing to the impact of a meteoroid from the Perseid stream in 1993.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"For_more_information\"><\/span>For more information:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Visit the International Meteor Organization (IMO) at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imo.net\/\">http:\/\/www.imo.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table class=\"style7\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style3\" colspan=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFF00\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MAJOR_ANNUAL_METEOR_SHOWERS\"><\/span><strong><span class=\"style2\" lang=\"en-us\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: x-large\">MAJOR\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: x-large\"><span class=\"style2\">ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style2\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><strong><span class=\"style1\" style=\"font-size: large\">Shower<span lang=\"en-us\">\u00a0Name<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span class=\"style1\">Period of Activity<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-us\"><span class=\"style1\">Date of<\/span><\/span><span class=\"style1\"><br \/>\nMaximum<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><strong><span class=\"style2\" style=\"font-size: medium\">ZHR<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"style1\">(zenith hourly rate)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><strong><span class=\"style2\"><span lang=\"en-us\">Meteor<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: medium\"><span class=\"style2\">Velocity<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"style1\">(km\/sec)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Quadrantids<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\">Jan 1 &#8211; 5<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\">Jan 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">120<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">42<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span class=\"style1\" style=\"font-size: medium\">April Lyrids<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">Apr 16 &#8211; 25<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">Apr 22<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">48<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span class=\"style1\">Eta Aquarids<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">Apr 19-May 28<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">May 5<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">60<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">66<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">Arietids<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">May 29 &#8211; June 19<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\">June 7<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">60<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">37<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span class=\"style1\">z-Perseids<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">May 20 &#8211; July 7<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">June 9<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">40<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">30<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span class=\"style1\">d-Aquarids<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">July 12 &#8211; Aug 19<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">July 28<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">20<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">41<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Perseids<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">July 17 &#8211; Aug 24<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Aug 12<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&gt;100<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">60<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span class=\"style1\">a-Aurigids<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Aug 25 &#8211; Sept\u00a0<span lang=\"en-us\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Sept 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&gt;10<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">66<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Orionids<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Oct 2 &#8211; Nov\u00a0<span lang=\"en-us\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Oct 21<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">20<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">66<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Leonids<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Nov 1<span lang=\"en-us\">0<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 2<span lang=\"en-us\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Nov 17<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&gt;20<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">71<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Geminids<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Dec 7 &#8211; 17<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Dec 14<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">110<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">35<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Ursids<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Dec 17 &#8211; 26<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\">Dec22<\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&gt;12<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style1\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" height=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">34<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are meteoroid streams and meteor showers? Meteor shower displays are associated with the Earth&#8217;s passage through meteor streams. These streams consist of the debris left over from the passage of comets (see diagram to the left for the Leonids meteor stream). As comets pass through the inner solar system, the radiation from the Sun&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/meteor-showers\/\">&nbsp;Continue Reading:<span> Meteor Showers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}