[meteorite-list] Leonids From Virginia

[Jeff Grossman]

The meteors were quite nice here. We had scattered high, thin clouds, limiting magnitude around 4 outside my house in the Washington suburbs.

Between 4 and 5 am local time I saw about 50, including one "head-on", something I've never seen before.

Between 5 and 5:30 the rate increased to around 2/minute.

Around 5:45-6:00 there was a strong peak lasting about 5-10 minutes, when I was seeing one every 2-4 seconds, including a burst where 5 were visible at once. Morning twilight then wiped out the show.

-jeff

Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184
US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA



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