... the ejection of meteoroids from cometTempel-Tuttle, a preliminary "best" guestimate ... earth passes near the orbit of CometTempel-Tuttle, we pass through a sparse swarm ...
... Leonid meteors are dust particles that have come off CometTempel-Tuttle. ... Looking ahead to 1999, CometTempel-Tuttle will still be relatively nearby and some ... the Leonid meteor stream, which originates from the wake of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle ...
... of Nov. 17, bits and pieces of periodic cometTempel-Tuttle will hurtle into Earth's ... CometTempel-Tuttle spends most of its time far away in the outer solar system ... Like the parent comet, Tempel-Tuttle, the Leonid meteoroids orbit the sun in a ...
... Sometime during the early morning hours of November 17th, observers could be treated to a spectacular display of shooting stars as Earth passes through the debris trail of periodic Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. ...
... years as Earth travels directly into a path of interplanetary flotsam flung by the four-kilometer-wide CometTempel-Tuttle ... year time span matching the period during which the parent comet (CometTempel-Tuttle) travels closest to the Earth ...
... The Leonids, associated with the cometTempel-Tuttle, peaks every November 17-18. ... interrupted in 2029 when a close pass to Jupiter by cometTempel-Tuttle will alter its orbit away from the Earth, meaning the ...
... TEMPEL-TUTTLE IN THE EVENING SKY With the eclipse-week Moon out of the way, the situation is somewhat improved for viewing Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which is also slipping closer to the horizon. ...