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November 1st 07, 12:12 PM
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New yearly meteor shower from Holmes?
Is the cloud of dust/gas placed such that we'll get a new meteor shower each
year? Not sure of the "geometry" of where it is in relation to our orbit etc.. James 
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November 1st 07, 12:14 PM
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New yearly meteor shower from Holmes?
"JamesB" wrote in message ... Is the cloud of dust/gas placed such that we'll get a new meteor shower each year? Not sure of the "geometry" of where it is in relation to our orbit etc.. James Ah - just saw in an earlier post it doesn't come closer than Mars' orbit to the sun, so I guess not...
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November 1st 07, 12:17 PM
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New yearly meteor shower from Holmes?
JamesB wrote:
Is the cloud of dust/gas placed such that we'll get a new meteor shower each year? Not sure of the "geometry" of where it is in relation to our orbit etc.. James It's orbit is entirely within the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Earth gets nowhere near intercepting any dust stream it may leave behind.
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