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No.218　12/11/04 18:25
燻し銀三 ( 50代 ♂ Oe38xe ) あ+あ-

【Being under a starlit sky】

A meteo stream of leo 獅子座流星群 used to be our current topic long ago.The meteo of stream rises about November.The media took up the topic,so plenty of people could recognize it.🌠

When the earth passes the dust which comet of テンペル・タットル left behind,we can see the meteo stream.The comet circles around the sun with 33 year period,so we've thought the comet releases the dust every 30 year.⭐
　　　　　　　
When the earth passes throuh belt of the dust,atmosphere bumps against stones in the dust,and the stones burn up.We can see them as meteos.🌠

As for a direction of the dust,when watching from the earth,it's around the Lion 獅子座,so we call it the meteo of lion.♌

The comet of テンペル・タットル returned after 33 years in 1998,and left a new dust near the earth,so expected that we could watch a great amount of meteo stream in 1998,or 1999.The news caused great excitement to us,but the meteo stream didn't appear so much as we expected😚