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Minor Meteor Showers and Morning Planets


fray, passing by Jupiter, Venus, and then Mars. Its proximity to Venus on the 10th is the nearest the moon gets to a planet in 2004.

And of course there is the Leonid meteor shower. While past showers during the years following the parent comet's perihelion (Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle) suggest ZHR rates might climb into the hundreds, there are no expectations for further and outrageous downpours. The Leonids are now on the decline, returning to their more typical ZHRs of 10 to 15 meteors. Still, they deserve to be monitored; observations and data are always welcome, and contribute to our understanding of this and al other meteor showers. And ya just never know; all meteor showers are capable of a surprise now and then.

"Minor Meteor Showers and Morning Planets" (c) 2004 Gregg M. Pasterick - All Rights Reserved.

For more information on the night sky, I recommend Guy Ottewell's Astronomical Calendar 2004, published by Universal Workshop and distributed by Sky Publishing Corp., 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Visit http://SkyandTelescope.com for more information on Guy Ottewell's Astronomical Calendar and other publications distributed by Sky Publishing Corp.

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