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2008 TC 3 (Catalina Sky Survey temporary designation 8TA9D69) was an 80-tonne (80-long-ton; 90-short-ton), 4.1-meter (13 ft) diameter asteroid [2] that entered Earth's atmosphere on October 7, 2008. [3] It exploded at an estimated 37 kilometers (23 mi) above the Nubian Desert in Sudan.
The Leonids are famous because their meteor showers, or storms, can be among the most spectacular. Because of the storm of 1833 and the developments in scientific thought of the time (see for example the identification of Halley's Comet), the Leonids have had a major effect on the scientific study of meteors, which had previously been thought to be atmospheric phenomena.
Stargazers are in for a treat as November brings two brilliant meteor showers that are soon to peak: the Northern Taurids and the Leonids. This week, practically visible from anywhere on Earth ...
The Leonid meteor shower active from November 3 to December 2 this year.
The reliable Leonid meteor shower peaks on Sunday night, offering a chance to see up to dozens of meteors per hour shooting across the night sky — if the weather doesn't get in the way.. The ...
The title of the song appears to have been borrowed from the title of the 1934 book of the same name by Carl Carmer. [1] It refers to a spectacular occurrence of the Leonid meteor shower that had been observed in Alabama in November 1833, "the night the stars fell."
The peak of the Leonid meteor shower will shoot across the sky on the night of Nov. 17-18. The yearly spectacle occurs when the Earth passes through the debris field left behind by the comet 55P ...
You can expect up to 15 brilliant meteors per hour. It peaks on November 18, 2023.