Friday, August 28, 2009

Leonids 2009

Από το site της NASA :

2009 LEONID OUTBURST FORECAST A significant shower is expected this year when Earth crosses the 1466-dust ejecta of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. According to J. Vaubaillon, the narrow (about 1-hr) shower is expected to peak on November 17, 2009, at about 21:43 UT (perhaps 0.5 to 1.0 hour later), with rates peaking at about ZHR = 500/hr.

Leonids link

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