Jupiter's Effect Will Make Perseid Meteor Shower One to Remember

The Perseids, the most widely observed and dependable of the annual meteor displays, will peak during the overnight hours of Thursday, Aug. 11 into the morning of Friday, Aug. 12, and this year has all the earmarks of being a spectacular show. The Perseids intersect the orbit of Earth more or less directly, but on their way in toward the sun, they also pass other planets.