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Leonid Meteor Showers

DESCRIPTION

The Leonid meteor showers happen every year. The meteors are particles from the tail of comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every 32 years the Earth passes through the tail of the comet turning the meteor shower into a meteor storm. While the micrometeorites pose no danger to Earth, experts are concerned about the damage they may cause to satellites orbiting our planet. To learn more about the Leonid Meteor Storm and comet Tempel-Tuttle check out these web sites.

PROCEDURES

  1. Use your WWW browser to access the sites whose URLs are:
    http://www.aero.org/capabilities/cords/leonids.html
    http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/
  2. Explore the sites. Use the bookmark capabilities of your browser to save the site locations for future use.
  3. Use the exit command to quit your WWW browser.

This lesson is part of the series "DO-IT Lessons" developed by the University of Washington. Creation of the series of lessons is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 9255803 and 9550003. The lessons are now maintained through funds from the State of Washington. The University of Washington holds the copyright to the series of lessons, however ownership of the Internet resources referenced in the lessons may be found at the resource site. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed at these sites are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington or the State of Washington.

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