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	A Leonid Meteor

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11-21-2006 5:50 PM

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<B> Explanation: </B>
This past weekend, small remnant bits of a distant comet lit up the skies over much of 
planet Earth. 
<A href="http://lists.meteorobs.org/pipermail/meteorobs/2006-November/date.html">Incoming reports</A>, however, have this year's 
<A href="http://meteorshowersonline.com/leonids.html">Leonid meteor shower</A> 
as less active than Leonid meteor showers a 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021117.html">few years ago</A>.  
Nevertheless, some 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040808.html">sky enthusiasts</A> reported peak 
<A href="http://spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_19nov06.html">meteor</A> bursts as high as one visual meteor per minute.  
The parent body of the Leonids meteor shower, 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021116.html">Comet Tempel-Tuttle</A>, 
leaves a trail of expelled sand-size particles every 33 years when it 
returns to the inner Solar System.  
When the Earth passes through a stream of these Sun-orbiting particles, a meteor shower results.  
<A href="http://www.clearskies.se/Leonid%20meteor.htm">Pictured above</A>, 
a Leonid meteor was captured two days ago during the 
early morning hours of November 19 over 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallentuna">Vallentuna</A>, 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden">Sweden</A>.
Although activity levels in meteor showers are notoriously hard to predict, 
some astronomers speculate that 
<A href="http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/aurigids.html">Aurigids</A> meteor shower 
<A href="http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060817_meteor_shower.html">next September might</A> be unusually rich in 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011119.html">bright meteors</A>.
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