space rocks expected to cover the skies than in 2019. Moonlight skywatchers can expected to see around 10-15 meteors per hour and dawn, at around 3am Eastern Standard Time, or 8am GMT, will be the best time to spot the shower.According to Space.com, more Leonid meteor showers will be occur this year because the moon will only be 5% illuminated during the night.The Leonid shower occurs when Earth's orbit crosses the debris from the orbit of Comet Tempel-Tuttle, causing pieces of the comet to fall toward the planet’s surface.Earth's atmosphere cause the comet's crumbs to heat up and ignite into burning balls of fire called meteors.It is an annual occurrence and gets its name from the constellation Leo, the Lion, where its meteors appear to.
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