When the Leonids fly across the sky, stargazers know that the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is nearby. Every year, the iconic meteor shower offers a spectacular show… and experts say this weekend is ...

55P/Tempel-Tuttle is a small comet with a nucleus measuring just 2.24 miles (3.6 km) across. It was discovered independently by both Ernst Tempel and Horace Tuttle in 1865 and 1866, ...

The comet responsible for producing the Leonids is called 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The Leonids’ parent comet, which measures 2.24 miles in diameter, makes a trip around the sun every 33 years.

November 17-18 will see the peak of the annual Leonid meteor shower, the leftovers of the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which was last in the inner solar system in 1998. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

These sudden outbursts of more than 1,000 meteors happened in 1833, 1866, 1966, 1999, 2001 and 2002, when Earth passed through old debris fields left in the inner solar system by 55P/Tempel-Tuttle ...

Skywatchers can catch the meteor shower as it shoots across the sky on the night of Nov. 17-18, and it occurs when the Earth passes through the debris field left behind by the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.

It happens when Earth passes through a debris field from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The latest: Weather coverage from WPBF 25 News. Interactive radar: South Florida weather coverage from WPBF 25 News.

This year’s show should be a more placid 15 meteors per hour or so, as the Earth hits debris fields released from its parent body, comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The moon will be around a quarter full ...

The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with fast-moving fireballs possible in US skies.

When the Leonids fly across the sky, stargazers know that the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is nearby. Every year, the iconic meteor shower offers a spectacular show… and experts say this weekend is ...