[MSS News] Fwd: [MSS Staff] meteor shower

[Michael Bessette]

For those of you who have a real interest in Astronomy, this weekend there will be a very interesting event, particularly for grade five students who's science content relates to this topic:

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>> Orionid Meteor Shower:  
>> This year should be great for the Orionid meteor shower!
>> Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from Halley's comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on Saturday morning, Oct. 22nd, with more than 15 meteors per hour. Earth isn't the only world in the debris stream; NASA researchers will also be watching for meteoroid strikes on the Moon.
>> 
>> FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/20oct_orionids/
>> 

Michael Bessette

Principal, Maple Street School

mbessette at hopkintonschools.org

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