Imithombo eku-inthanethi ibika ukuthi imvula ye-May Aquarids meteor izobonakala kubantu baseRussia abahlala ezindaweni eziseningizimu yezwe. Isikhathi esifaneleke kakhulu salokhu kuzoba ubusuku obusuka kuMeyi 5 kuya ku-6.
Isazi sezinkanyezi saseCrimea u-Alexander Yakushechkin utshele iRIA Novosti ngalokhu. Uphinde wathi umsunguli we-May Aquarids meteor shower uthathwa njengenkanyezi enomsila kaHalley. Iqiniso liwukuthi uMhlaba uwela umjikelezo wenkanyezi enomsila kabili, ngakho-ke ngoMeyi izakhamuzi zeplanethi zingancoma ama-Aquarids, futhi ngo-Okthoba kuzovela imvula ye-Orionid meteor esibhakabhakeni.
Izifunda ezinenzuzo kakhulu zaseRussia zokubuka ama-Aquarids kuzoba yiCrimea neNyakatho yeCaucasus, ngoba zitholakala endaweni efanele. Izakhamuzi zalezi zifunda zizokwazi ukubona ikakhulukazi ama-meteor amade ayingxenye yeshawa. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ngisho naseCrimea latitude, i-constellation Aquarius, lapho okukhazimulayo komfudlana ikhona, itholakala ngaphansi kakhulu ngaphezu komkhathizwe. Iningi lama-meteor amafushane lizobonakala kuphela eSouthern Hemisphere kanye nesifunda senkabazwe. Abantu baseRussia bazobona ingxenye kuphela yayo yonke ishawa, kodwa lezi ngokuvamile kuzoba ama-meteor amade.
Esinye sezici zeshawa ukuthi ama- meteor ahamba ngesivinini esikhulu. Lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi izakhi zokugeleza ziya eplanethini yethu futhi isivinini sazo sengeza isivinini sokuhamba koMhlaba ukuzungeza iLanga. Izinto ze-meteor shower zihamba ngesivinini esingaba ngu-66 km/s, esingaba ngu-237 km/h. Ngaleli jubane elimangalisayo, ama- meteor angena emkhathini, enze umbono omuhle esibhakabhakeni ebusuku.
Source: 3dnews.ru