Although it has been suggested the Leonid meteor shower and storms have been noted in ancient times, [11] it was the meteor storm of November 12–13, 1833 that broke into people's modern-day awareness.

2018年4月16日 · The Great Leonids Meteor Storm of 1833, however, was unusually prolific and became one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever seen in the modern era, with many people believing that the world was coming to an end.

2020年9月2日 · The Leonid meteor storm was seen across the United States in the night and early morning of November 12th and 13th, 1833. Those who were awake to witness the storm were in awe as between 50,000 and 150,000 meteors fell each hour.

1833 - The radiant established In 1833, observers are somewhat familiar with Leonid storms. The storm that year is very intense and the event leads to the first formulation of a theory on the origin of meteors. "On the night of November 12-13, 1833, a tempest of falling stars broke over the Earth... The sky was scored in every direction with ...

2022年11月7日 · On the night of November 12-13, 1833, a spectacular meteor storm over North America created the appearance of millions of shooting stars raining down from the sky. The phenomenon, known as...

2023年6月5日 · In 1833, people across North America witnessed a powerful celestial event that appeared downright apocalyptic. Hundreds of thousands of streams of fire lit up the night sky in a massive shower that lasted from the early hours of the morning to the cusp of sunrise.

The Leonids and the Birth of Meteor Astronomy. The night of November 12-13, 1833, not only marks the discovery of the Leonid meteor shower, but sparked the actual birth of meteor astronomy.

2014年6月1日 · Olmsted, a Yale science professor, observed the great Leonid meteor storm of 13 November 1833 and used crowdsourcing as part of his analysis of the meteors. His work established meteors as part of astronomy rather than meteorology, as …

2014年6月1日 · Yale science professor Denison Olmsted used crowdsourcing to gather observations from across the United States of the unexpected deluge of meteors on 13 November 1833 – more than 72,000/h.

2023年11月13日 · Although it has been suggested the Leonid meteor shower and storms have been noted in ancient times, it was the meteor storm of November 12-13, 1833 that broke into people’s modern-day awareness.