The Lawrence Hall of Science | The Leonid Meteor ShowerSee it November 16-17, 2020: A Search the Sky Activity @lawrencehallofscience | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
UPDATE: Before dawn on 11/17, your host observed three meteors in 45 minutes under a city skyA decent result given the predictions. I also saw four bright satellites and enjoyed the rise of Venus.
The mid-November Leonid Meteor Shower can be one of the most productive meteor showers of the year. Your host for this video saw over a hundred meteors in an hour in a city sky in 2001! It was an exceptional year. This year there is no forecast for greatness, but one never knows. At least the Moon will be out of the way, and its light will not interfere.
The meteors in this shower are caused by small fragments of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
An applet from JPL and NASA that lets you see and explore the orbit of Comet 55P-Tempel-Tuttle, as well as other Solar System objects, is here:
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=55P%2FTempel-Tuttle;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
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UPDATE: Before dawn on 11/17, your host observed three meteors in 45 minutes under a city skyA decent result given the predictions. I also saw four bright satellites and enjoyed the rise of Venus.
The mid-November Leonid Meteor Shower can be one of the most productive meteor showers of the year. Your host for this video saw over a hundred meteors in an hour in a city sky in 2001! It was an exceptional year. This year there is no forecast for greatness, but one never knows. At least the Moon will be out of the way, and its light will not interfere.
The meteors in this shower are caused by small fragments of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
An applet from JPL and NASA that lets you see and explore the orbit of Comet 55P-Tempel-Tuttle, as well as other Solar System objects, is here:
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=55P%2FTempel-Tuttle;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
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Membership link:
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You can also buy science kits, toys, books and more at our online Discovery Corner Store!
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Meteor image by Navicore is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
