Show Brilliant Brillian t Show of Meteors Slated Next Thursday J CHICAGO Nov 8 AP Next AP-Next Next Thursday night there will be the most brilliant spectacle of shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing stars ever afforded this generation generation gen gen- it it was predicted today by astronomers at the Yerkes observatory Williams Bay Wis On that night the earth moves moves into the Astral region of the Leonid Leonid Leo Leo- nid meteors believed to ta be the remnants of a comet The Leonid group it was ex explained ex cx- by Professor Edwin B. B Frost director of the tory whirls around the sun in inan inan inan an orbit that crosses the earths Every November the orbits meet but in in an interval of every thirty thirty- three years the earth passes squarely through the center of the Leonid 1 orbit The meteors speed through interplanetary ry space at a temperature temperature tem tem- of about degrees below be low zero Professor Frost said When they enter the atmosphere of the earth the friction heats them to a glow and they usually burn up before they strike the I ground |