A healthy person usually has a platelet count of 150,000 to 400,000. You have thrombocytopenia if your number falls under 150,000. If you're wondering what the long name means, here's how it breaks down: thrombocytes are your platelets and penia means you don't have enough of something.
The Perseids are active from July 13 to August 26, according to the American Meteor Society, a nonprofit scientific organization that supports the research of astronomers, but the meteor shower peaks between August 12-13.
But just because there are no planets in the sky, doesnât mean there arenât some interesting things to look for. The Perseid Meteor Shower, the best meteor shower of the summer, peaks in the early morning hours of August 12. (See August 12 below.) High in the western sky, see if you can find a square of bright stars.