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Messenger Spies a Meteor Shower… on Mercury
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 9:14
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A meteor stream from 2P Encke vs the orbit of Mercury. Image credit: NASA/Goddard, Artist’s concept
Leonid meteor storms. Taurid meteor swarms. Earth is no stranger to meteor showers, that’s for sure. Now, it turns out that the planet Mercury may experience periodic meteor showers as well.(…)
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Post tags: astronomy news, mercury encke, Mercury MESSENGER, Mercury meteor showers, november meteors, Taurid fireballs
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