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Re: Orionid Meteor Shower Tonight

Posted by Daniel on October 20, 2012, 11:53 am, in reply to "Orionid Meteor Shower Tonight"
Message modified by board administrator October 20, 2012, 11:54 am

Thanks for the tip Eileen!

"Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, the source
of the Orionids," meteor expert Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment
Office said in a statement. "Flakes of comet dust hitting the atmosphere
should give us dozens of meteors per hour."

If its is cloudy you can watch it online.

http://news.discovery.com/space/orionid-meteor-shower-121020.html
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