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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...history has not been struck by (i. e., has not attracted) a planetesimal. But each day at least one meteorite lands, and 20,000,000 chondrulites whiz into the earth's atmosphere. They are the shooting stars seen most often in November (the Leonid shower), in August (the Perseid shower) and in April (the Lyrid shower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Meteorites | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

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