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.
When is the best time to see a Perseid? The best time to spot a Perseid between August 9-15 is from 1am BST until the onset of dawn twilight. Peak rates of 150 meteors per hour are predicted for 2016 but this is the showerâs Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR) figure.