Leonids
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The Leonids are a prolific annual meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, and are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years. The Leonids get their n
A Leonid meteor during the peak of the Leonids in 2009
A famous depiction of the 1833 meteor storm, produced in 1889 for the Seventh-day Adventist book Bible Readings for the Home Circle.
Woodcut print depicts the shower as seen at Niagara Falls, New York. Mechanics' Magazine said this illustration was made by an editor named Pickering "who witnessed the scene."
The November Meteors by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, 1868
55P/Tempel–Tuttle
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55P/Tempel–Tuttle is a retrograde periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with a period of between 20 and 200 years. It was independe
Leonids
…The Leonids ( LEE-ə-nidz) are a prolific annual meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, and are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years. The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant…
Comet Tempel–Tuttle photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on 9 January 1998
Sketch of the comet as it was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on 19 December 1865.
Hyakutake Color