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Meteor shower linked to Johannes Kepler's death
A.D. time period. Leonid meteor shower takes place days after the death of Kepler. Ancient recorded this happening as a "salute" from the gods for his passing. -
Peak in Leonids
First Leonid Peak recorded by scientist. -
First meteor shower on record.
Took place over the florida keys witnessed by Andrew Elliot Douglas. -
Meteor shower over Boston
Sighted in boston. producted half the amount of snowflakes in an average snowstorm. -
Comet discovery
The comet p/temple tuttle is rediscovered -
massive hail
Leonids produced a massive ammount of hail! -
Activity rise
Recorded as the most active metor shower of the year. -
Increase in activity
Leonid meteor showers through their first major increase. -
Parent comet recovery
Th e parent comet of Leonids, SSP. temped-tuttle is recovered. -
eat the dust
The 1st close encounter eith a dust trail from comet, sst/temple. -
Leonid shower, 1833
marks the birth of modern study of meteors. Led to the general understanding of of meteor showers, resulting from the earth encontering the orbit of a periodic comet. -
The brightness in leonid M.S.
So intense that thousands of meteors came down for several hrs all over the U.S, produced a very bright light. -
First lyrid meteor shower, (BC era)
This is the oldest account linked to modern a Lyrid shower. A.D. time period. -
First Leonid meteor shower (AD era)
Ancient chinese astronomers report the first Leonid meteor shower. A.D. Observations made were "stars fell as rain"
