Sunday, October 23, 2011

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tomorrow Morning

New submitter blastoff9 sends this excerpt from Space.com:
"The annual October meteor shower will peak before sunrise on Saturday (Oct. 22) as the Earth passes through a stream of leftover dust from the famous Halley's Comet. The Orionid meteor shower promises to offer skywatchers with a dark sky and good weather up to 15 meteors per hour at its peak, according to a NASA forecast.... The Orionids are visible each year, even though Halley's comet only swings by about every 75 years. This is because comets leave a trail of volatile ices and dust along their orbital path that hangs around long after the comets have come and gone."

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/NbuN7bQrf8I/orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-early-tomorrow-morning

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