Superstitious Beliefs About Comets Asteroids and Meteors

Beliefs and Real Stories About Comets and Asteroids

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Chinese data reports 10 deaths that had occurred during a meteor shower in 1994....

What are the Superstitions about Comets and Asteroids?

The eeriest superstition has to do with Halley's Comet, the belief being that England was taken over by William the Conqueror in the distant ...

Most Popular Beliefs and Superstitions about Meteors

In Chile they have their own views about meteors....

Geminids and Beliefs about Meteors

The radiant of the meteors in the shower comes from the Gemini constellation, which is where it gets its name from....

Native American Superstitions about Meteors

But many of these beliefs were at times ascribed to comets and other celestial bodies, making it sometimes difficult for scientists to figure out...

What are the Beliefs and Omens about Seeing a Meteor Shower?

A meteor shower or shooting stars are actually a large number of meteors that cross Earth's orbit and burn up when they enter the upper layers of...

Asteroids, Antarctica and the exclusion Dinosaurs?

Prof Van der Hoeven said: "The extraordinary thing about this meteor strike is that it appeared to do so little damage....

The Most Famous Asteroids

Today, we know the orbits of about 4000 asteroids. Their total number probably exceeds a few million....

What are the Beliefs Related to Comets?

The fear of comets was immense but it had its own logical reasons for existing....

What Superstitions Relate to the Appearance of Comets?

According to the Romans, the death of Julius Caesar was foretold by a comet, becoming a reason for them to believe in his divinity....

Folk Beliefs about Salt and Sugar

This is the oldest folk belief about salt, since in ages past, only the richest owned salt and whenever they spilt it in the home, great turmoil...