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LEONIDS - The Leonids ( LEE--nidz) are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet TempelTuttle. The Leonids get their name from the location of their r...
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| An annual meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Leo, reaching a peak about 17 November. |
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The Leonids ( LEE--nidz) are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet TempelTuttle. The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to radiate from that point in the sky. Their proper Greek name should be Leontids (, Leontídai), but the word was initially constructed as a Greek/Latin hybrid and it has been used since. They peak in the month of November. * Earth moves through the meteoroid stream of particles left from the passages of a comet. The stream comprises solid particles, known as meteoroids, ejected by the comet as its frozen gases evaporate under the heat of the Sun when it is close enough typically closer than Jupiter's orbit. The Leonids are a fast moving stream which encounter the path of Earth and impact at 72 km/s. Larger Leonids which are about 10 mm across have a mass of half a gram and are known for generating bright (apparent magnitude 1.5) meteors. An annual Leonid shower may deposit 12 or 13 tons o |