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Old 17-11-2009, 08:08 PM
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Meteor showers question

I'm all ready with the alarm set for 2am to go out and look for the Leonids in the morning, let's hope there are a few to see!

Question: (Not too dumb, I hope)

All the well known meteor showers, like the Leonids, relate to comets that passed by a fair while back.
What is the likelihood of there being a major new meteor shower relating to more recent comets, for example Comet McNaught from 2007?

I would imagine that with each new comet, somebody somewhere sits down and computes the odds of the earth passing through the comet's tail at some point in the future? And I guess it all depends on the composition of the comet itself?

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Chris
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