Re: Camphor and meteors
Posted by Tracy S. on November 17, 1999 at 21:30:43:
In Reply to: Camphor and meteors posted by Natasha Papousek on November 17, 1999 at 14:34:03:
: After tonight, the comet (the meteors
: are actually debris from the comet's tail) starts to head back out
: away from the sun and earth and the meteors will drop off sharply.
SO
: if you missed them last night, see them tonight!
: --this message brought to you by the Astronomy department of the
: University of Texas at Austin...
And... before it comes 'round again it will pass fairly close to
Jupiter... I think it was Jupiter. Anyway, Jupiter's gravity is
expected to alter the course of the Leonid meteor and it is possible
it won't be 'round again for a hundred or so years... if it does, its
only expected to give a light "shower" instead of the meteor "storm"
expected tonight. Happy star-gazing!