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Lunacy I didn't know that!
- Thread starter CarolKing
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Nowadays we know that every November the earth passes through the debris in the trail of a comet known as Tempel-Tuttle, causing the meteor showers we know as the Leonids. Impressive every year, every 33 year or so they are especially spectacular, although very rarely attaining the magnificence of the 1833 event.
The Leonid meteor showers are ongoing now and are expected to peak on November 18. But don’t expect a show like the one in 1833. This year at its peak the Leonids are expected to generate 15 “shooting stars” per hour.
November 12, 1833, one hundred ninety years ago today, was “The Night the Stars Fell.”
The image is an 1889 depiction of the event.
The Leonid meteor showers are ongoing now and are expected to peak on November 18. But don’t expect a show like the one in 1833. This year at its peak the Leonids are expected to generate 15 “shooting stars” per hour.
November 12, 1833, one hundred ninety years ago today, was “The Night the Stars Fell.”
The image is an 1889 depiction of the event.
Marlon Rando
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