... Meteors and Meteorites . ... By admin August 2, 2011 Posted in: August . 13 August 2009: A perseid flashes through the sky (Image credit: Andreas M†ґller via wikimedia.org) . ... Not all meteors are sporadic events, the regular meteor showers occur when the Earth bulldozes through a great swarm of meteoroids drifting in orbit round the Sun. ... They are at their best in the pre-dawn hours, as the face of the Earth turning towards the Sun catches more meteors as the Earth moves through space. ...

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL VISITATION BY THE BOARD OF GOVENORS HELD IN THE CASSINI ROOM ARMAGH PLANETARIUM AT 10.30AM ON 22 MARCH 2013 Present: Apologies: In attendance: The Very Rever end Dean G. Dunstan (Acting Chair man), Canon J.N.T. Campbell, Canon C.F. Moor e, Canon J.W. McKegney, Mr W.G.H. Berry and Professor R. Oudmaijer His Grace, the Most Rever end R. Clarke, Canon W.M. Adair, Canon R.J.N. Porteus, Canon T. Scott, Professor S. Smartt and Professor A. Hibbert ...