D IS FOR DELTA AQUARID

THE DELTA AQUARID IS A METEOR SHOWER THAT OCCURS EVERY YEAR FROM JULY TO AUGUST 14^TH. THIS METEOR SHOWER OCCURS WHEN THE EARTH PASSES THROUGH THE ORBIT OF AN UNKNOWN COMET. ICY JUNK FROM THE COMET BURNS UP AS IT ENTERS THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.                                                                                                                                                                                                       

This webpage was created by Austin, a student at John. R Briggs Elementary School, on 12/12/05.  I got my information from the Zoom Astronomy Dictionary.