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by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
One of the best of the annual meteor displays will be reaching its peak this week — the annual Leonid meteor shower.
While the Leonid meteor shower has a history of putting on stupendous displays, this year will not be one of them; at best 10 to 15 meteors per hour may be seen. This year is a bit unusual in that the Leonids are expected to show two peaks of activity, one on Saturday morning (Nov. 17) and another on Tuesday morning (Nov. 20).
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by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
One of the best of the annual meteor displays will be reaching its peak this week — the annual Leonid meteor shower.
While the Leonid meteor shower has a history of putting on stupendous displays, this year will not be one of them; at best 10 to 15 meteors per hour may be seen. This year is a bit unusual in that the Leonids are expected to show two peaks of activity, one on Saturday morning (Nov. 17) and another on Tuesday morning (Nov. 20).
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