[MIham] Weekend Meteors

[Frank]

Space Weather News for Nov. 17, 2006
http://spaceweather.com

Every year in mid-November, Earth glides through a veritable minefield of
comet dust clouds. The source of the debris is Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. This
weekend Earth will graze one of those clouds, producing a mild outburst of
Leonid meteors.

If forecasters are correct, the outburst will peak around 0445 UT on Sunday,
Nov. 19th (11:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 18th). The timing favors
observers in western Europe, Brazil and the Atlantic coast of North America,
who could see as many as 100 meteors per hour.  Dark skies are strongly
recommended.

Please visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps and more
information--including links to a meteor radar where you can listen to the
Leonids.

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