November 17, 2006
Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Expected This Weekend
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The annual Leonid meteor shower could produce a strong outburst this weekend for residents of North America and Western Europe. A surge of activity is expected begin around 11:45 p.m. ET Saturday, and people in favorable locations could see up to 150 shooting stars per hour. The Leonids are bits of debris left behind by repeated passages through the inner solar system of the comet Tempel-Tuttle; each November, Earth crosses trails of this debris.
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