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For Release: November 14, 2000

Media Advisory: 00-317
 

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Leonids meteor shower could be brightest over North America

  • The annual astronomical event could have rates of up to 700 meteors or more per hour during the overnight hours of Nov. 17 and 18.
  • NASA scientists study the phenomenon to better understand it and improve their accuracy in predicting future storms.
  • Experts are predicting huge rates of 10,000 to 20,000 per hour in 2001 and 2002.
  • Prediction accuracy is important to protect hundreds of satellites.
  • A NASA astronomer will tell you all about it.
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