Astronomy Picture of Day: Kitt Peak Leonid# Astronomy - 天文
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A Kitt Peak Leonid at 1026 UT
Credit: Night Sky Live Project, Michigan Tech.
Explanation: Reports of the 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower are coming in from across the
world. Preliminary indications have the shower as less active than last year but with an
impressive peak seen through 1030 and 1100 Universal Time visible from much of North
America. Observers reported many meteors at the peak arriving in groups. Pictured above is
one such meteor from the peak caught earlier today by the
Credit: Night Sky Live Project, Michigan Tech.
Explanation: Reports of the 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower are coming in from across the
world. Preliminary indications have the shower as less active than last year but with an
impressive peak seen through 1030 and 1100 Universal Time visible from much of North
America. Observers reported many meteors at the peak arriving in groups. Pictured above is
one such meteor from the peak caught earlier today by the