Two VERY, VERY Important Details:
Interfering Light &
Radiant Height — The numbers of meteors per hour that are cited in the media must be correctly interpreted!
Chicxulub; also, more good articles about Chicxulub:
"Catastrophic Events in the History of Life: Toward a New
Understanding of Mass Extinctions in the Fossil Record", by David
B. Weinreb, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry & Geology and
Geophysics, Yale University, 2002 — Part I
and Part II
Could circular/annular Lake/Reservoir Pipmuacan in Quebec, Canada, be an impact site? (2004/06/10, found a 1973 convention program which includes this as a possible impact structure based on topo maps) Here are some
photos of it from space: photo; photo; photo
Leonids 2002 — many meteors (predicted maximum of roughly
8 to 20 or so per minute) visible in spite of bright moonlight —
last best chance for many, many years! — 3:00-6:00 CST Tuesday
morning, November 19, 2002 (technical predicted maximum at about
4:35 a.m. CST or 10:35 UTC/GMT/Zulu)
— WEATHER or WEATHER mirror
Leonids 2001 personal report — I drove several hours to west Texas, several miles southeast of Pecos as it turned out. In spite of fog in the area (as well as cars starting to drive by) that induced me to quit by 5:30 a.m., somewhat early, I was able to count 1113 Leonids and 26 non-Leonids in a little less than two hours. They certainly were worth the trip, but I sure did get tired as well as exasperated by the weather.
