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#1 2005-07-26 06:51:06
- Palomar
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Re: Capricornid Meteor Shower
*Info courtesy universetoday.com. This meteor shower is notable for its bolides:
Now, relax and enjoy the peak of the Capricornid meteor shower! Although it is hard for the casual observer to distinguish these meteors from the Delta Aquarids, no one minds. Again, face the general direction of southeast and enjoy! The fall rate for this shower is around 10 to 35 per hour, but unlike the Aquarids, this stream produces those great "fireballs" known as bolides. Enjoy...
--Cindy 
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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