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måndag, oktober 21, 2019

Orionid

Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley's Comet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet) , source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Last night, NASA cameras detected half a dozen Orionid fireballs over the USA--numbers that will increase as the shower reaches its peak on Oct. 21-22. Orionid meteoroids hit Earth's atmosphere at a sizzling 148,000 mph, faster than almost every other annual shower. This gives them an extra *pop* that's worth waking up early to see. Visit   Spaceweather.com  for the full story.

An Orionid meteor photographed by
Bum-Suk Yeom of Sancheong, South Korea.

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