Info about next week's Leonids meteor shower - which ** could ** be quite impressive

[NewHendoLib]

Some meteor showers are really unpredictable - Back in November 1999, I was lucky enough to catch the Leonid meteor storm - after 1 AM, for periods of time it was as if the earth were driving through a snowstorm, with meteors in the hundreds per hour (my wife and daughter and lots of people were out there with me expressing disbelief!).

Here is the Astronomy mag article which talks about when there could be a few really impressive numbers - most of the time there are no more than 10-15 per hour. It also could be a dud - and it also could be impacted by the moon, or clouds.

But - still - if the estimated 250 per hour burst happens, that would really be something.

https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2022/11/the-leonids-promise-to-dazzle-this-year


Here is the scientific paper which has estimates over a 100 year period - for the real astronomy nerds among you.

https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2007JIMO...35....5M/0000005.000.html

here is an easier to use version http://feraj.ru/Radiants/Predictions/1901-2100eng/Leonids1901-2100eng.html

[in2herbs]

1. About 15 (maybe more) years ago a friend an I planned on riding to the next town for a

horse clinic. To do so required is to leave about 4 am. I rode down to her place and while I was waiting for her to mount up off in the western sky appeared the biggest and brightest and most colorful meteor shower shooting across the sky.

I'll always remember that and look forward to the one you made me aware of (if it can be seen in the SW).

[DFW]

2. I'm still waiting for the next Muonionalusta meteorite n/t

[NewHendoLib]

3. Kick