Showing posts with label meteors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meteors. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2011

Meteors Sound Like Aliens!

Meteors Sound Like Aliens!: "





A space radar picked up the sounds of a meteor shower as it delighted skywatchers over the weekend.



What do meteors sounds like as they hit Earth’s atmosphere? From this recording made by the U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas, the “pings” from the Perseid Meteor Shower sound rather alien! The radar station in Lake Kickapoo, Texas is part of United States Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM), which involves detecting, tracking, cataloging and identifying artificial objects orbiting Earth, such as both active and inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragments of debris from natural and man-made objects. Reportedly, the radar can detect objects as small as 10 cm (four inches) at heights up to 30,000 km.
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