Illustration of the Leonid meteor shower of 13 November 1833, seen over Niagara Falls, North America. The Leonid meteor showers occur annually for about 2 days around mid-November when the Earth crosses the orbit of debris produced by the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The Leonid meteors enter the atmosphere at speeds of about 72 kilometres per second. There are usually around 5-20 meteors each hour, except once in about every 33 years when thousands can be seen. This shower's three-hour peak resulted in terror.

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