Spectacular Meteorite Storm Set For Next Week

Ananova ^ | 11-12-2002

[Atlas Sneezed]

The lack of any indication of time zones makes this information of little use. There are expected to be two sharp peaks, the first of which will not be visible on the west coast.

On the west coast, the visible peak will be at about 2:36AM Tuesday morning (Monday night).

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_719_1.asp

[Physicist]

On Friday evening, around 9:00 pm, Mrs. P. and I saw a nice warm-up act: a brilliant fireball to the north of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. Later that evening, my brother saw a bright meteor in roughly the same location.

[bankwalker]

The Leonids are not expected to return in such numbers until at least 2034.

We were told something very similar last November. The show was great, but I didn't know we would get one this year also.

Will we get one next year, too?

[Howlin]

Oh, dear, more early mornings outside.......I hope it's not so cold this year! What a great show it was last year!!!

[Howlin]

Remember last year????

[blam]

"Will we get one next year, too?"

Yes.

[Mo1]

A spectacular display of shooting stars not likely to be repeated for 30 years takes place next week.

LOL .. Oh geez another one

Yes I remember staying up till 4AM in the morning .. running back and forth from outside to the computer and freezing my butt off

Then waking up the kids and having them look out my bedroom window cause of the cold ONLY to have them fall asleep and me end up sleeping on the couch that night

Hmmmm I think I'll pass this year .. LOL

[blam]

Cash Plea For Russian Meteor Chasers (Impact Crater)

[oremites]

Will we get one next year, too?

I don't know much about astronomy, but here's a quote from the article:

"After 2002, however, there will be no more Leonid storms for a very long time. ... In 2098 the separation of the orbits shrinks to 0.0062 a.u. And in 2131, for the first time since 1633, the comet crosses our orbital plane slightly outside the Earth’s orbit at a distance of 0.0089 a.u. Not until one, or both, of these remote years can our great grandchildren expect to witness a storm of Leonid meteors."

Perhaps some Freepers who know more about this can elaborate.

[blam]

The Leonids FAQ's

[Howlin]

Oh come on......we had a live thread..........it was fun!

[Mo1]

Yes I'll admit it was fun .. but if I do that again I'll have to stock up in the wine so I won't notice how cold it is .. LOL

[Stefan Stackhouse]

There should be a pretty good show of things falling out of the sky over Bagdad within the next month or two as well.

[woofer]

The sky is falling1 Bump

[what's up]

Yea...I thought that was supposed to be the best for the next 100 years or something. We sat on the Kohala Coast beach to see it.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Do I remember????? LOLOLOL!!!! What a GREAT time we had!!!! Thanks for the ping.

[Aracelis]

Leonid ping!

[Pyro7480]

I think I saw that one down here in DE... was it in the southwestern sky?