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(meteorobs) NASA Science News: "Halley's Comet Returns ... in Bits and Pieces"
Yes, the Orionids active this weekend are the debris from "Old Faithful",
Halley's Comet... Why not bundle up, go out in early AM and watch them! :)
(Note the details given by meteorobs's own Bill Cooke, about the Marshall
Space Flight Center's plans to try out equipment designed to observe next
month's Leonids, by using it on the Orionids this weekend.)
Clear skies,
Lew Gramer
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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:12:03 -0500
Subject: Halley's Comet Returns ... in Bits and Pieces
To: "NASA Science News" <snglist@snglist.msfc.nasadot gov>
From: NASA Science News <snglist@snglist.msfc.nasadot gov>
NASA Science News for October 17, 2001
The annual Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend on October 21st. Sky
watchers will see as many as 20 fast shooting stars each hour -- each one
a tiny piece of Halley's Comet. NASA scientists plan to observe the
Orionids as a test of equipment they will use to record next month's
much-anticipated Leonid meteor storm.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasadot gov/headlines/y2001/ast17oct_1.htm?list48096
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