1833年的大流星风暴
(原标题: The Great Meteor Storm of 1833)
2024-12-10
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那是一个有10万颗流星的夜晚。1833年的大流星风暴也许是近代历史上最令人印象深刻的流星事件。在11月13日黎明前的几个小时，北美东部地区可以看到最好的景象，包括年轻的亚伯拉罕·林肯在内的许多人都被惊醒，看到天空中爆发出条纹和闪光。成千上万的流星划过天空，仿佛从狮子星座倾泻而出。这幅特色图像是一幅木版画的数字化图像，它本身是基于第一人称的一幅画。我们今天知道，1833年的大流星风暴是由地球穿过坦普尔-塔特尔彗星喷出的密集尘埃引起的。每年11月狮子座流星雨期间，地球都会穿过这片尘埃流。本周晚些时候，你可能会通过观看一年一度的双子座流星雨，稍微感受一下1833年那场流星雨的强度。探索你的宇宙：随机APOD生成器
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It was a night of 100,000 meteors. The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 was perhaps the most impressive meteor event in recent history. Best visible over eastern North America during the pre-dawn hours of November 13, many people -- including a young Abraham Lincoln -- were woken up to see the sky erupt in streaks and flashes. Hundreds of thousands of meteors blazed across the sky, seemingly pouring out of the constellation of the Lion (Leo). The featured image is a digitization of a wood engraving which itself was based on a painting from a first-person account. We know today that the Great Meteor Storm of 1833 was caused by the Earth moving through a dense part of the dust trail expelled from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The Earth moves through this dust stream every November during the Leonid meteor shower. Later this week you might get a slight taste of the intensity of that 1833 meteor storm by witnessing the annual Geminid meteor shower. Explore Your Universe: Random APOD Generator