Comments on: Will the Leonids roar in 2009? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:53:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-226433 Justin Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:36:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-226433 Hey Ashley, I'm living in Seoul as well. The light pollution is going to make things really tricky, but the best place to view them will probably be outside of Seoul. Take a late night bus to Seoul Grand National Park or to any mountain or outlying part of Gyeonggi-do. The best time will be between 4 and 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The sun is just going to come up and spoil the fun shortly after the burst, so be watchful! Hey Ashley,

I’m living in Seoul as well. The light pollution is going to make things really tricky, but the best place to view them will probably be outside of Seoul. Take a late night bus to Seoul Grand National Park or to any mountain or outlying part of Gyeonggi-do. The best time will be between 4 and 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The sun is just going to come up and spoil the fun shortly after the burst, so be watchful!

]]> By: Ashley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-225452 Ashley Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:01:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-225452 HI, I am currently living in South Korea (Seoul to be exact) and I am very very curious as to when , date and time, I can see the 2009 Leonid Meteor shower/ burst the best? If anyone can get back to me it would be greatly appreciated HI, I am currently living in South Korea (Seoul to be exact) and I am very very curious as to when , date and time, I can see the 2009 Leonid Meteor shower/ burst the best? If anyone can get back to me it would be greatly appreciated

]]> By: PhilB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-141531 PhilB Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:28:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-141531 Phil, For the Leonids in Boulder, best thing I've ever done is rent a hotal room in Estes Park (preferably one with a private, outdoors hot tub, they're not too expensive), get a nap in, then head out to Rocky Mountain National Park for all the cold viewing pleasure you desire. Loading the car up with blankets really helps with this. When finished, take whatever frozen parts of the body that will still move back to the hotel and jump in the hot tub to defrost. If you're lucky like we were, you can view the last of the Leonids from a nice steamy hot tub. *It should be noted that with some places it might also be possible to view most of the shower from the hot tub as well, eliminating the need to ever actually freeze. Phil,

For the Leonids in Boulder, best thing I’ve ever done is rent a hotal room in Estes Park (preferably one with a private, outdoors hot tub, they’re not too expensive), get a nap in, then head out to Rocky Mountain National Park for all the cold viewing pleasure you desire. Loading the car up with blankets really helps with this.

When finished, take whatever frozen parts of the body that will still move back to the hotel and jump in the hot tub to defrost. If you’re lucky like we were, you can view the last of the Leonids from a nice steamy hot tub.

*It should be noted that with some places it might also be possible to view most of the shower from the hot tub as well, eliminating the need to ever actually freeze.

]]> By: Steve C http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-139437 Steve C Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:32:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-139437 The 1999 shower was clouded out in Houston, but the 2001 Leonids was the most spectacular one I've seen. One of my favorite astronomical events. The 1999 shower was clouded out in Houston, but the 2001 Leonids was the most spectacular one I’ve seen. One of my favorite astronomical events.

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-139403 StevoR Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:22:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-139403 <b> IVAN3MAN </b> Said on December 5th, 2008 at 12:42 pm : <i> "Here is an interesting/useless (depending on your mindset) fact: The estimated (*Ceplecha, 1996) amount of meteorite dust in-fall on the Earth is: 1.5 x 1011 gm/year; equivalent to 150,000 tonnes/year. I’ll go away now. *Source: Talk-Origins Archive — Meteorite Dust and the Age of the Earth." </i> Thanks. I found it interesting. Cheers! :-) Here's another : “The silt in a houses eaves probably contains a minute amount of interplanetary material.” - Page 70, ‘The Universe and Beyond’, Terence Dickinson, Camden House, 1992. Oh & more typo corrections <i> (please, BA please can't youlet us edit or preview these posts??!) </i> "Little rocks on big monoliths" & Leonides ( or was it Leonidas?) the ancient Spartan warrior king of thermopalae pass battle fame - assen in movies <i> 'The 300 Spartans' </i> & more recently <i> '300'.</i> IVAN3MAN Said on December 5th, 2008 at 12:42 pm :

“Here is an interesting/useless (depending on your mindset) fact:

The estimated (*Ceplecha, 1996) amount of meteorite dust in-fall on the Earth is:

1.5 x 1011 gm/year; equivalent to 150,000 tonnes/year.

I’ll go away now.

*Source: Talk-Origins Archive — Meteorite Dust and the Age of the Earth.”

Thanks. I found it interesting. Cheers! :-)

Here’s another :

“The silt in a houses eaves probably contains a minute amount of interplanetary material.”

- Page 70, ‘The Universe and Beyond’, Terence Dickinson, Camden House, 1992.

Oh & more typo corrections (please, BA please can’t youlet us edit or preview these posts??!)

“Little rocks on big monoliths” & Leonides ( or was it Leonidas?) the ancient Spartan warrior king of thermopalae pass battle fame – assen in movies ‘The 300 Spartans’ & more recently ‘300′.

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-139402 StevoR Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:16:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-139402 Argh! Typoos! That should read 'Leonids * over * Uluru. Leonids *of * Uluru .. duno what those 'd be! ;-) Blokes named Leonid born or living there I guess? Or Leonid collection specifically stored in a museum there (little rocks onbig monoliths?) Or a cult of Leonides (the ancient Spartan warrior king of tehrmoplaye pass battle fame)being based there for some odd reason? ;-) Argh! Typoos! That should read ‘Leonids * over * Uluru.

Leonids *of * Uluru .. duno what those ‘d be! ;-)

Blokes named Leonid born or living there I guess?

Or Leonid collection specifically stored in a museum there (little rocks onbig monoliths?)

Or a cult of Leonides (the ancient Spartan warrior king of tehrmoplaye pass battle fame)being based there for some odd reason? ;-)

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-139400 StevoR Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:10:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/05/will-the-leonids-roar-in-2009/#comment-139400 Great picture of Leonids of Uluru. THX BA. 8) :-) It sure would be great to have a Leonid meteor storm in 2009 - this being the two hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the first major recorded Leonid storm in 1799! :-) Who knows we may even capture a Leonid hitting the Lunar surface as happened a few years ago (?) if I recall right ..? 8) Great picture of Leonids of Uluru. THX BA. 8) :-)

It sure would be great to have a Leonid meteor storm in 2009 – this being the two hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the first major recorded Leonid storm in 1799! :-)

Who knows we may even capture a Leonid hitting the Lunar surface as happened
a few years ago (?) if I recall right ..? 8)

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