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"TrUlY WoNdRoUs YeS SiReE YeS InDeEdY Do" |
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21 Jun 2004 12:31:13 AM |
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Ze June Bootids R coming !!!!!!!!! |
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http://spaceweather.com/meteors/junebootids.html
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Run for the hills !!!
Run for the frickin' hills ;-)
HOOOROOO ;-)
Uncle Wally ;-)
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The Unpredictable June Bootids
Quick Facts:
The June Bootid meteor shower is active each year in late June. The
next peak is expected on June 23rd around 1100 UT (4 a.m. PDT).
Normally the shower is weak, but occasional outbursts produce dozens
to hundreds of meteors per hour.
The shower's radiant lies in the constellation Bootes (right ascension
14h 56m, declination 48o), best seen by observers in the northern
hemisphere.
The source of the June Bootids is periodic comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke.
June Bootid meteoroids are slow. They hit Earth's atmosphere with a
velocity of "only" 18 km/s (40,000 mph), and appear to move slowly
compared to most meteors.
On June 27th, 1998, northern sky watchers were surprised when meteors
began to stream out of the constellation Bootes. They saw as many as
100 meteors per hour during a 7-hour-long outburst. It wasn't the
first time: similar outbursts from Bootes had been recorded in 1916,
1921 and 1927. Astronomers call these unpredictable meteors the June
Bootids.
The source of the June Bootids is comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke, which orbits
the Sun once every 6.37 years. The comet follows an elliptical path
that carries it from a point near the orbit of Earth to just beyond
the orbit of Jupiter. Pons-Winnecke last visited the inner solar
system in 2002, laying down a new trail of dust and gas. Earth isn't
due to hit material shed in 2002 for many, many years, but older dust
trails from the 19th century are drifting across Earth's orbit. These
could be responsible for the outburst observed in 1998 and a possible
new surge of meteors in 2004.
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| User: "Never anonymous Bud" |
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| Title: Re: Ze June Bootids R coming !!!!!!!!! |
21 Jun 2004 12:49:39 AM |
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Fresh from an Iraqi prisoner interrogation (TrUlY WoNdRoUs YeS SiReE YeS InDeEdY Do)
smirked:
The June Bootid meteor shower is active each year in late June.
Yes, I ALREADY said that...
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The truth is out there,
but it's not interesting enough for most people.
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| User: "Su Zanne" |
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| Title: Re: Ze June Bootids R coming !!!!!!!!! |
21 Jun 2004 02:12:00 AM |
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I said it first:
Then Bud:
And then UW:
The June Bootid meteor shower is
active each year in late June.
Yes, I ALREADY said that...
Well, technically.........I said it *first* before you..... but ONLY
because NASA told me so I give THEM full credit. :)
Couldn't we compromise here and split the glory of "all this" 3 ways?
:)
SuZee
I call thirdsies!
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| User: "Misty" |
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| Title: Re: Ze June Bootids R coming !!!!!!!!! |
23 Jun 2004 02:39:58 AM |
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TrUlY WoNdRoUs YeS SiReE YeS InDeEdY Do wrote:
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http://spaceweather.com/meteors/junebootids.html
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Run for the hills !!!
Run for the frickin' hills ;-)
HOOOROOO ;-)
Uncle Wally ;-)
Rock of Ages cleft for me!
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