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2. Leonids - Wikipedia

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   It is the fastest annual meteor shower. [3] Larger Leonids which are about 10 mm (0.4 in) across have a mass of 0.5 g (0.02 oz) and are known for generating bright (apparent magnitude −1.5) meteors. [7] An annual Leonid shower may deposit 12 or 13 tons of particles across the entire planet.

3. List of meteor showers - Wikipedia

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   List of meteor showers. Named meteor showers recur at approximately the same dates each year. They appear to radiate from a certain point in the sky, known as the radiant, and vary in the speed, frequency and brightness of the meteors. As of January 2024, there are 110 established meteor showers. [1]

4. Meteor shower - Wikipedia

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   The Leonid meteor shower peaks around 17 November of each year. The Leonid shower produces a meteor storm, peaking at rates of thousands of meteors per hour. Leonid storms gave birth to the term meteor shower when it was first realised that, during the November 1833 storm, the meteors radiated from near the star Gamma Leonis. The last Leonid ...

5. The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's what to ...

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   What are the best days to watch for the Leonid showers? The Leonids will be active Nov. 3 through Dec. 2, 2023. They will peak on Nov. 17 and 18.

6. Leonid meteor shower to peak mid-November: Here's what ... - AOL

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   The Leonid meteor shower will peak on Nov. 17-18 with around 15 meteors per hour, according to The Planetary Society. The Leonids have been active since Nov. 3 and will stay active until Dec. 2.

7. Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see the ... - AOL

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   The Leonid meteor shower occurs every year in November, as Earth passes through trails of debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The comet was discovered twice independently — once in 1865 by ...

8. The most breathtaking moments from the Leonids meteor shower

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   Brilliantly beautiful Leonids Meteor Shower lit up the sky in the early hours on November 18th.

9. Orionids - Wikipedia

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   The Orionids are an annual meteor shower which last approximately one week in late October. In some years, meteors may occur at rates of 50–70 per hour. [ 6][ 7] Orionid outbursts occurred in 585, 930, 1436, 1439, 1465, and 1623. [ 8] The Orionids occur at the ascending node of Halley's comet. The ascending node reached its closest distance ...