Explanation: Tonight thousands of icy rocks will hurl toward Earth in a fascinating display of light called the Leonid Meteor Shower. There is little danger - few will reach the ground. But this year's Leonids could be nothing compared to the Leonids in 1998. Then, the Leonids might rival any meteor storm this century, with peak rates possibly toping 40 per second. Meteor showers result from debris left by passing comets. The Leonids specifically are small pieces of Comet Tempel-Tuttle. In the above series of time-lapse, 1-minute exposures, a 1995 Leonid is seen to leave a train of hot air that glowed persistently for several minutes.

<<  Noyabr'  >> Pn Vt Sr Cht Pt Sb Vs         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30   1995   1996   1997   1998 1999   2000   2001   2002 2003   2004   2005   2006 2007   2008   2009   2010 2011   2012   2013   2014 2015   2016   2017   2018 2019   2020   2021   2022 2023   2024   2025

Yanvar' Fevral' Mart Aprel' Mai Iyun' Iyul' Avgust Sentyabr' Oktyabr' Noyabr' Dekabr'

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.

Publikacii s klyuchevymi slovami: meteornyi dozhd' - Meteornyi potok - kometa Tempelya-Tuttlya - Leonidy Publikacii so slovami: meteornyi dozhd' - Meteornyi potok - kometa Tempelya-Tuttlya - Leonidy
Sm. takzhe: Moshnyi meteornyi dozhd' 1833 goda Geminidy nad kitaiskim ozerom Nianhu Orionidy v Tel'ce Pyl' komety Galleya, pyl' Marsa i Mlechnyi Put' Geminidy i Rukavicy Geminidy Leonidy i Orion Vse publikacii na tu zhe temu >>