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To: Eric Appleby who wrote (932)	11/16/1998 9:51:00 PM
From: Noel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1394

How about this? A Hail of Mail on Leonids In a fit of wishful thinking, last Friday's skyreport.com pegged the expected peak of the Nov. 17 Leonid meteor storm at 2 a.m., Eastern Time, which would put top viewing hours in the United States. Seems, however, that 2 p.m. Eastern Time is the more popular estimate for when the most meteors will pass through the earth's atmosphere. So those of you who told us you plan to rush out to the desert skies: Don't. You could end up with nothing more than a sunburn. Still our experts say that early Tuesday morning could provide some spectacular viewing in the United States, even if the peak storm occurs over China and Japan as expected. And then, of course, the experts admit they could be wrong: Last time the Leonids passed by, in 1966, the those-in-the-know goofed by several thousand miles as the fire storm of meteors expected to blaze across Europe's night skies instead appeared over North America. As for the odds of a meteor from the storm damaging a satellite: To date, only one bird has been destroyed during a shower. That was the European Space Agency's Olympus, which was hit in 1993, according to NASA. For serious damage from the Leonids, we've now heard estimates ranging from one in four to one in 100,000. Think we'll stick with our original one in 100. For the latest news on the Leonids keep your eye on skyreport.com's Leonid Watch fact page at: skyreport.com