Meteor showers and comets

Meteor shower that occurred during the span of one calendar year can not be separated by the presence of a comet. Let us see the meteor shower calendar.

When comets (including Tempel-Tuttle) passes close to the Sun, comet become smaller 

because the surface melts and sheds more dust and debris.

Draconid meteor shower (early October) is caused by the comet Giacobini-Zinner. Draconid a meteor shower meteor shower because the nature of comets that periodically affect this meteor shower is still solid but the dust is concentrated around this comet.

Comet Tempel-Tuttle, the Leonid meteor shower causes the presence of which occurred in mid-November. Paste the nature of dust-Tuttle comet remnants of this dust is scattered along the path is thin but high density around the core kometnya.

Halley's Comet into the cause of the presence of Eta Aquarid meteor shower (early May) and Orionid that occurred in mid-October. While the Perseid meteor shower that occurred in mid-August came from the dust of comet Swift-Tuttle.

Halley Comet -->

Some meteor showers like Andromedid (mid November) is caused by a comet that has broken from Biela's comet dust that collapse around the year 1860. Geminid meteor shower that occurred mid-December due to the death comet that now only a core course that is the asteroid Phaethon.

The presence of a periodic comet that causes the presence of meteor showers can also be unpredictable and the experts are able to make a meteor shower calendar as a guide to enjoying the most amazing natural phenomena.

What is a Leonid meteor shower?

Why it is called the Leonid meteor shower? Does this have anything to do with the constellation Leo? Does Leonid meteor shower comes from the Leo constellation?

Yes, the Leonid meteor shower has something to do with the constellation Leo. But that does not mean Leonid meteor shower comes from the constellation Leo. But because the Leonid meteor shower "as if" comes from the constellation Leo, hence called the Leonid meteor shower.

Leonid Meteor Shower 2009

You remember when you use the shower and bath located at some distance from the shower head? Note that if we are some distance away, jets of water from the shower will be about us as if we were hit by rain in a large field. After that, consider the starting point towards your shower jets. "Rain" from the shower you "as if" comes from one point to shower you not? Let's go to bathroom and Practice for it:)

Just like the Leonid meteor shower, and also others such as Perseid meteor shower, Orionid, Geminid and others, Leonid meteor shower "as if" comes from a single point in the sky from the direction of the constellation Leo. But that does not mean that the Leonid meteor shower comes from the constellation Leo! Named Leonid karena as if originating from the constellation Leo. That is why the Leonid meteor shower is called.

When the Leonid meteor shower? Meteor shower calendar says Leonid meteor showers occur almost at the end of the year in the month of November with a peak incidence on 17 November until 20 November. On previous dates usually occur "drizzle" meteor due to the intensity that is small enough of this meteor shower.

In the year 1998 and year 2002 represents the pinnacle event of the Leonid meteor shower. Even some of the space organization called the Leonid meteor shower of Leonid meteor storm was as karena very high intensity. Leonid meteor storm is estimated that there will be another few tens of years.

Leonid meteor shower is a very elegant heritage relics from comet Temple-Tuttle. Remnants of the legacy of comet dust will terlintasi by the Earth around the months of November each year and will always be waiting for the "fans" in any hemisphere.

Do you belong to one of them?