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Autumn Meteor Showers for 2012

Autumn Meteor Showers for 2012. Doug Horacek Resident Astronomer 5 October 2012. Orionid Meteor Shower 20-21 October 2012 At Peak 30 Meteors per Hour. Orionid Meteor Shower. Saturday Evening 20-21 October 30 Meteors per Hour at Peak Parent Body: Comet 1P Halley Moon Near First Quarter.

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Autumn Meteor Showers for 2012

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  1. Autumn Meteor Showers for 2012 Doug Horacek Resident Astronomer 5 October 2012

  2. Orionid Meteor Shower20-21 October 2012At Peak 30 Meteors per Hour

  3. Orionid Meteor Shower • Saturday Evening 20-21 October • 30 Meteors per Hour at Peak • Parent Body: Comet 1P Halley • Moon Near First Quarter

  4. Leonid Meteor Shower17-18 NovemberAt Peak 115 Meteors per Hour

  5. Leonid Meteor Shower • Saturday Evening 17-18 November • 115 Meteors per Hour at Peak • Parent Body: Comet 55P / Temple-Tuttle • Moon Waxing Crescent

  6. Geminid Meteor Shower13-14 December 2012At Peak 120 Meteors per Hour

  7. Geminid Meteor Shower • Thursday Evening 13 December 2012 • 120 Meteors per Hour at Peak • Parent Body: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon • Moon will be New Moon that evening

  8. Haiku Poem for Autumn Meteor Showers Streaks in the Night Sky Meteors Show their Dust Trails Falling Stars Gleaming

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