[meteorite-list] Draconid Meteor Shower/Incoming CME

[Ron Baalke]

Space Weather News for Oct. 7, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

DRACONID METEOR WATCH: Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from 
comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower.  Last 
year, Europeans witnessed a faint but furious outburst of 600 meteors per hour 
when the shower peaked.  No such display is expected this year, but the 
Draconids are notoriously unpredictable.  Northern-hemisphere sky watchers 
should be alert for slow-moving meteors emerging from the head of the 
constellation Draco the Dragon (not far from the North Star) on Sunday night, 
Oct 7th, through Monday morning Oct. 8th. Check http://spaceweather.com for 
more information and updates.

INCOMING CME:  A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading for Earth.  The incoming 
cloud is expected to deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetosphere on 
October 8th, possibly sparking auroras at high latitudes.