Time exposure photo of the Leonid meteor shower,taken on 18 November 1966,showing meteor trails (long streaks) & stars (short streaks). The Leonid shower occurs each year,usually reaching a maxi- mum of around 10 meteors/hour on 17-18 November. Every 33 years,however,a spectacular shower occurs; the 1966 shower was the richest ever recorded,reaching a rate of 60,000/hour. A meteor is a dust particle which enters the atmosphere at speed & burns up due to friction. The Leonids occur when the Earth enters an orbiting stream of debris from the decaying comet Tempel-Tuttle | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / NOAO |
Taille de l’image : | 3780 px × 2833 px |
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