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“Leonid Meteor Shower Next Week” is copyrighted by V. Winter (ICSTARS). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteNext week, a spectacular meteor storm is expected: the 1998 Leonids. The meteors are small pieces of Comet Temple-Tuttle. Each time the comet passes the Sun, it sheds ice and rock. This debris orbits the Sun until it either evaporates or hits something, like Earth's atmosphere, creating a meteor.
Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected from Brilliant Star
ESA/Hubble released this picture on 5 November 1998. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 8 November 2023 Perseus Galaxy Cluster from Euclid See it as a poster -
Released on 8 November 2012 Wide-field view of the sky around the planetary nebula Fleming 1 See it as a poster -
Released on 8 November 2022 Galaxies: Wild's Triplet from Hubble See it as a poster -
Released on 8 November 2010 An extraordinarily slender galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 8 November 2020 The coast of Chubut Province in Argentina, with the Sun's glint beaming off the Golfo San Jorge and Bahia Camarones, is See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 8 NOV 1998 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 8 NOV 1998.
Questions about November 8, 1998
What space photo was released on November 8, 1998?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 8, 1998 was "Leonid Meteor Shower Next Week". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on November 8, 1998?
A waning gibbous moon, about 83% lit.
What day of the week was November 8, 1998?
November 8, 1998 was a Sunday, day 312 of the 365 days in 1998.
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