>Space Weather News for Dec. 21, 2008
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>URSID METEORS: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from
>comet 8P/Tuttle and this is causing the annual Ursid meteor
>shower. Forecasters expect the Ursids to peak on Dec. 22nd with 8
>to 10 meteors per hour flying out of the constellation Ursa Minor
>(the Little Dipper) not far from the north star. The display is
>usually mild, but outbursts of Ursids occasionally surprise
>observers with rates many times normal. The last time this happened
>was in 2006.
>
>Standing outdoors to watch Ursids in December can be a chilling
>experience. So why not stay inside and listen? Spaceweather.com is
>broadcasting live audio from the Air Force Space Surveillance Radar
>in Texas. When a meteor passes over the facility--"ping"--there is
>an echo. Because the Ursid radiant is circumpolar (always up) over
>the radar, the echoes may be heard at any hour, night or day. Tune
>in to
http://spaceweather.com to try the audio feed, which can
>support 1000 simultaneous listeners.
>
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