The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 339
Novem-ber. The radiant point oftliese meteors is in the con-stellation Leo, and hence theyare often called the Leonids.Their orbit has been deter-mined with great accuracy, andis shown in Fig. 354. Whilethe November meteors are notusually very numerous or bright,a remarkably brilliant displayof… … Astronomy. 313 a group which traverses the orbit in a Httle over thirty-three years. A conjectural form of this condensed group isshown in Fig. 355. The group is so large that it takes ittwo or three years to pass the perihelion point: lience theremay be a brilhant meteoric display two or three…
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