leonids meteor shower - what is it?
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Leonid meteor shower
What is it?
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November’s wonderful Leonid meteor shower happens every year at this time, as our world moves through space.
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The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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It occurs when Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet Tempel-Tuttle,
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which, like all comets, litters its orbit with bits of debris. It’s when this comet debris enters Earth’s atmosphere, and vaporizes, that we see the Leonid meteor shower.
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The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to radiate from that point in the sky.
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Northern hemisphere
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Southern hemisphere