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Meteor shower expected in October 2011 |
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 12:56 |
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The strongest meteor shower, which can easily be seen with the naked eye, will fall on Earth in early October 2011. According to astronomers, the meteor shower should be an unusually intense: it is assumed that per hour on Earth can be observed around 1000 falling "stars" (an average of meteor showers observed about 15 flashes). Stream of meteors on the earth will bring comet Giacobini-Zinner. (21P/Giacobini-Zinner) was opened on December 20, 1900 Giacobini (Nice, France).
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