Leonid Meteor Shower 2002 193
Jacer writes "Adler press reports that 'approximately every 33 years the Leonid Meteor shower becomes a breathtaking meteor storm -- capable of illuminating the night sky with thousands of meteors per hour. Astronomers predict that the height of the storm over North America in 2002 could possibly generate 40 meteors every minute -- over 2,400 per hour!' Space.com has plenty of information available. I wanted to submit it early so you could plan ahead. It'd make for a long work or school day, but it's not something I'd care to miss."
2400 wishes per hour (Score:5, Funny)
Last year? (Score:3, Funny)
How time flies! (Score:4, Funny)
And damn, I'm pretty sharp to have caught this, since I'm pushing 90 now...
Now all I have to do... (Score:3, Funny)
We have a problem Houston! (Score:5, Funny)
And just what! am I going to use to catch a Leonid meteor? and if I do, can I sell it on EBay without NASA busting me for selling a piece of space rock that they say belongs to them?
What You Say? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:2400 wishes per hour (Score:5, Funny)
Forever Cloudy (Score:5, Funny)
Remind Us! (Score:5, Funny)
I'd hate to end up missing something like this and instead be out having meaningless sex...
I've heard... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Remind Us! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Um, did i say last year? i meant THIS year! (Score:5, Funny)
Me, being the geek that I am, wrote a program for my TI-89 (with nothing but one of those red LED keychains) to keep track of button presses. This made it much easier to count than trying to keep track in my head.
The sad thing was, I was supposed to bring a hot chick with me to watch, but she must have figured out I was a Slashdot reader and she bailed on me. So, of course, I was all alone (as usual).
Re:Thats all well and good if you're in the south (Score:4, Funny)
Obviously, you are not part of the core \ . demographic.
Re:Thats all well and good if you're in the south (Score:5, Funny)
-hero.
DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE METEOR SHOWER! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remind Us! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:We have a problem Houston! (Score:5, Funny)
Meteors will crash! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:2400 wishes per hour (Score:5, Funny)
Here's mine.
The ads of fog (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Um, did i say last year? i meant THIS year! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Um, did i say last year? i meant THIS year! (Score:1, Funny)
Then both meteors and your girlfriend would have been going down all night!
Re:2400 wishes per hour (Score:3, Funny)
yay (Score:3, Funny)
Re:2400 wishes per hour (Score:3, Funny)
Think we can Slashdot a meteor shower?
Re:The morning on November 19th (Score:4, Funny)
Obviously we need a project to reverse the earth's spin. After all, what decent geek gets up EARLY IN THE MORNING?
Certainly not me, which is why I usually miss these shows.
Stuff that matters (Score:3, Funny)