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A Spaceship Among Meteors
With millions of people watching, the ISS will glide over North America during the 2002 Leonid meteor storm
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Nov. 18, 2002
One of those meteors is not like the others.
When the Leonid meteor storm crests over North America on Tuesday morning, an odd yet beautiful light will appear among the shooting stars. It'll be as bright as a Leonid fireball but slower moving and without a tail. And it won't come from the constellation Leo.
It's really a spaceship: the International Space Station (ISS).
The International Space Station photographed on Oct. 16, 2002, by the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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During the Leonid meteor storm, the space station will fly over North America three times, passing almost directly above several major US cities. Many people have never seen the ISS with their own eyes; Tuesday morning will be a great opportunity to do so.
The table below summarizes some of the best apparitions. It's only a partial list. Cities not mentioned might nevertheless have good flybys, so check for your hometown using one of these three popular websites: J-Pass, Heavens-Above or SkyWatch.
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Cheers,
Dan
A Spaceship Among Meteors . . .