11/17/2006
Leonid Meteor Shower
Astronomy buffs in Oregon, California and Washington will be treated to a cosmic event this weekend courtesy of the annual Leonid Meteor Shower.
“Just go out there and take a look, even a minute of two,” said Jim Todd, planetarium manager with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
He added that the best time to view the meteor shower will be on Saturday night between 8:30 and midnight. Observers should look toward the northeast part of the sky.
Scientists said the annual Leonid Meteor Shower happens because the Earth passes through a debris field left behind from the comet Swift-Tuttle.
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