[meteorite-list] Draconid Meteor Shower/Incoming CME

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 19:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201210080226.q982QcZ9022353_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Space Weather News for Oct. 7, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

DRACONID METEOR WATCH: Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from
comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower. Last
year, Europeans witnessed a faint but furious outburst of 600 meteors per hour
when the shower peaked. No such display is expected this year, but the
Draconids are notoriously unpredictable. Northern-hemisphere sky watchers
should be alert for slow-moving meteors emerging from the head of the
constellation Draco the Dragon (not far from the North Star) on Sunday night,
Oct 7th, through Monday morning Oct. 8th. Check http://spaceweather.com for
more information and updates.

INCOMING CME: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading for Earth. The incoming
cloud is expected to deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetosphere on
October 8th, possibly sparking auroras at high latitudes.
Received on Sun 07 Oct 2012 10:26:38 PM PDT