meteor shower
- The earth is running in to debris left by comet Temple-Tuttle
- comet orbits the sun in 33 y
- What is it’s semi-major axis?
- Comet leaves trail of debris in the same 33 y orbit
- comet’s perihelion in early 1998
- Earth crosses trail of comet debris every November
- What is comet’s perihelion distance?
- What is comet’s aphelion distance?
- sand to pea-sized grains burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
- bright “shooting stars” across sky
- biggest bunch of debris scheduled to hit earth about 2-4 UT on 18 Nov.
- 9-11 PM EST
- Leo not yet risen in NY
- Best places -- where Leo has risen -- Europe and Africa
- Still could be pretty spectacular at midnight here