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Leonid Meteor Shower 2002

Posted by michael on from the rise-and-shine dept.

Jacer writes "Adler press reports that 'approximately every 33 years the Leonid Meteor shower becomes a breathtaking meteor storm -- capable of illuminating the night sky with thousands of meteors per hour. Astronomers predict that the height of the storm over North America in 2002 could possibly generate 40 meteors every minute -- over 2,400 per hour!' Space.com has plenty of information available. I wanted to submit it early so you could plan ahead. It'd make for a long work or school day, but it's not something I'd care to miss."

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  1. Um, did i say last year? i meant THIS year! by Alcimedes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ha ha, i still remember how last year was going to be this great meteor shower, and it was going to be the biggest one in a hundred years.

    so me, being a sucker, sat outside in the mountains and froze my can off waiting for the sky to light up like it was US vs. Iraq and got jack

    well, it wasn't exactly jack, but it certainly wasn't like daylight. however i will say that it was still one of the coolest things i've ever seen, and by all accounts it was a minor one. if you have the chance i highly recommend watching these. if nothing else it's a nice quiet hour or two to appreciate that some of the best things in life have nothing to do with technology.

    1. Re:Um, did i say last year? i meant THIS year! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      hey! i wrote on of those programs for my calculator as well!

      it was something like this:
      1,+
      then =,=,=,= to count up!

      it was cool!

  2. Re:The morning on November 19th by Surak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Morning for which time zone?

    (typing this real slow because I have to wait 20 seconds. grrr.)

    --
    My journal has hot /. gossip.
  3. Re:You're gonna get mooned... by sfm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If it is before the full moon, you should be able to see fairly well in the hours before sunrise...just after the moon sets.

    The hard part is getting up that early :-)

  4. Re:Gonna do it again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And if you're driving home afterwards, don't be anywhere near my half of the country, thanks...

  5. Re:2400 wishes per hour by cheese_wallet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not that there is anything wrong with with it, but aren't you actually pumping out 2401 wishes? She may not go for that last one.