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The Peak Time to Catch Annual Leonid Meteor Shower

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Meteor Shower Tonight

The sky is all set to display an amazing Leonid Meteor Shower on 17 November. However, the experts predict that in the  Leonid Meteor Shower numerous shooting stars  would emerge after every three minutes.

A few days ago, people witnessed several shooting stars and fireballs in the sky. These fireballs indicated towards the arrival of the Leonid Meteor Shower.

The sky has arranged this massive show with the help of Comet-Tempe Tuttle. The Comet Tempel Tuttle makes a ring around the solar system after every 33.5 years. It leaves behind a trail of dust and other fragments during its round around the solar system. Every year, the Earth moves through that wake due to which the remnants of comets strike the atmosphere and  give birth to a huge meteor shower.

NASA informed that a crescent moon will offer extremely dark sky. The dark sky will enable the sky gazers to view the meteor shower.  In short,the entire Leonid Meteor show depends upon the light of the moon.

As per the reports of NASA, the people of both hemispheres would be able to view this spectacular scene. Fortunately, this time sky gazers do not need to look at a particular like all the previous lunar and solar eclipses. People can effortlessly enjoy this scene with their naked eyes.

Additionally, NASA will also show the live broadcast on two websites on Monday night. NASA’s webcast announced that it will start the show at 7:30 p.m ET. On the flip side, the Slooh.com will begin the live telecast at 8 p.m. ET.

Meteor Shower Changed Martian Atmosphere

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Metero Shower by Comet Siding

Last month, Comet Siding Spring spawned several tons of dust and ice particles on the Red Plane. The incident produced an approximately thousands of shooting stars.

Recently, NASA accumulated data from two of its spacecrafts that revealed significant information which gave an insight about the structure of Comet Siding Spring and the atmosphere of Mars.

The data unveiled that the large amount of dust and other fragments changed the entire configuration and released a meteor shower. Later on, the meteor shower gave birth to several atmospheric alterations.

Jim Green, the director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division informed that the scientists were really surprised by the large quantity of particles comet produced.

The magnesium break down the electric charge present in the Martian atmosphere.  On the other hand, sodium formed a yellowish shade in the night sky that people usually witness in their parking lots at night.

Moreover, scientist asserted that this is the first time they observed this kind of ionization in the atmosphere because of any comet. It increased the layer of ions in the top most level of atmosphere.  Some of the most noteworthy ions were sodium, iron and magnesium.

Nick Schneider, the main instrument scientist of one of the NASA’s satellite stated that it was indeed an amazing sight for the human eye.

The best place to witness this meteor shower was the Martian Surface. However, it was certainly impossible for experts to view the incident from there. Therefore, NASA sent two of its rover over there in order to record this amazing meteor shower. Unfortunately, the rovers failed to document the meteor shower due to some technical fault.

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