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Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (Astropics)
Explanation:
One year ago today an
impressive meteor shower graced the skies of Earth.
Pictured above from last year, at least six bright
meteors
are visible in only part of the sky above
Indian Cove campground in
California,
USA, during a four-minute exposure.
The 2002 Leonids
packed a double punch with planet Earth plunging through two dense clouds of
meteroids,
dusty debris left by the passage of
Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
This year, unfortunately, the main peak of the
Leonids Meteor Shower is not
expected
to be so impressive, with the Earth passing though parts of
meteoroid clouds predicted to be much less dense.
The main peak of the
2003 Leonids
is predicted for tomorrow where some locations might see a
bright meteor every minute.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Leonids - meteor shower
Publications with words: Leonids - meteor shower
See also:
- APOD: 2025 August 2 B Fireflies, Meteors, and Milky Way
- APOD: 2025 July 25 B Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids
- APOD: 2024 December 10 B The Great Meteor Storm of 1833
- Quadrantids of the North
- APOD: 2023 December 17 B Geminids over Chinas Nianhu Lake
- Orionids in Taurus
- Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way