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Leonid Meteor Shower 2004 2001 1998
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2004 Leonid Meteor Shower

The Leonid Meteor Shower this year was a unspectacular one. The maxima at dawn on 20th November did not happened as predicted. According to the preliminary result of International Meteor Organization, the highest rate of Leonids was only slightly above 30, which is the level of an ordinary year.


Observation Result from Hong Kong Space Museum
Each dot represents the number of every 30 minutes
(For general reference only)

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