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A New Major Meteor Storm in 2014?

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Will Comet 209P/LINEAR produce a meteor storm, or at least a strong meteor shower?

The more recent, less optimistic calculations come from Quanzhi Ye and Paul A. Wiegert, – both at University of Western Ontario – . suggest a rate of 200 meteors per hour under ideal conditions
” it’s highly unlikely that we’re in for a meteor storm” (1,000 per hour) — although the team couldn’t quite rule it out.
Comet 209P/LINEAR’s orbit brings it near the sun in just over 5 years. Its next perihelion passage will be May 6, 2014.

Watch the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPmXxXt-1YY

The comet itself is not all that exciting. What’s exciting is that calculations of the orbit of P209/LINEAR indicate that — in May 2014 — the comet’s debris trails will pass close to Earth. Debris left behind by the comet may enter our atmosphere and burn up, creating a new meteor shower.

earthsky.org
Read more here: http://earthsky.org/space/comet-209p-linear-meteor-shower-storm-may-2014



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