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Orionid meteor shower: Watch for fireballs during weekend peak
By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / October 19, 2012
One of the more spectacular meteor showers of the year peaks overnight Saturday, with perhaps 60 visible meteors an hour. Fireballs any meteor brighter than Venus are likely as Orionids plunge into the atmosphere at 148,000 miles per hour.
Streaking fireballs light up California skies Oct. 17, the first night of the annual Orionid meteor shower, which runs through Oct. 25.
Phil Terzian/AP
In Pictures: Meteor showers
Orionid meteor shower: Watch for fireballs during weekend peak - CSMonitor.com
By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / October 19, 2012
One of the more spectacular meteor showers of the year peaks overnight Saturday, with perhaps 60 visible meteors an hour. Fireballs any meteor brighter than Venus are likely as Orionids plunge into the atmosphere at 148,000 miles per hour.
Streaking fireballs light up California skies Oct. 17, the first night of the annual Orionid meteor shower, which runs through Oct. 25.
Phil Terzian/AP
In Pictures: Meteor showers
Orionid meteor shower: Watch for fireballs during weekend peak - CSMonitor.com