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Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement, is viewed by the movement's adherents as a prophet in the tradition of the ancient prophets recorded in the Bible. During his life, Smith made several prophecies, many documented in the Doctrine and Covenants, a book of scripture in several of the movement's denominations.
This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...
Here’s when to see these celestial events. ... October 6: Harvest moon. ... The northern lights and the Perseid meteor shower can be seen in the sky above Joshua Tree National Park in the early ...
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.
The official meteor shower lasts from Sept. 22 to Nov. 22., but the shower's peak will be this weekend. The meteor shower is expected to peak on Sunday, Oct. 20 and Monday, Oct. 21.
On average, the Orionids produce anywhere from 10 to 20 meteors per hour at their peak in mid-to-late October. An exception came between 2006 and 2009 when the 50 to 75 meteors the Orionids put ...
Autumn is sometimes referred to as "meteor shower season" as there are more meteor showers than any other season of the year. October alone will feature two such light shows, as well as one of the ...
This meteor shower is linked to comet C/1739 K1 and radiates from the constellation Leo Minor, which is a faint constellation north of Leo. The meteor shower often only produces 2 meteors an hour. The meteors pass at an average speed of 62 kilometers per second. The Leonis Minorids reached a zenithal hourly rate of around 13.9 on 21 October ...