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Meteor Storm of the Century — Comet 209P/Linear Dust Trails to Light up…

Sunday, May 18, 2014 23:37
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A new meteor shower spawned by a comet is due to light up the sky next week, with some forecasters predicting up to 200 “shooting stars” per hour — a potentially spectacular opening act for the meteor display.

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If it performs as expected, the never-before-seen Camelopardalid meteor shower is due to peak overnight on May 23 and 24 as the Earth passes through a debris stream left by the Comet 209P/LINEAR nearly 200 years ago. The new meteor display could rival the brilliance of the annual Perseid meteor shower that graces the night sky each August.
The prospect of a brand-new meteor shower has scientists understandably excited.
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“There could be a new meteor shower, and I want to see it with my own eyes,”  said NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke, head of the Meteoroid EnvironmentOffice at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., in a statement. [New Meteor Shower from Comet 209P/LINEAR  

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