Leonid MAC
Multi-instrument Aircraft Campaign
past Mission
Type
Airborne Science
Airborne Campaigns
1998-2002
Target
Earth
Objective
Monitor Leonid Meteor Showers
Leonid MAC was a multi-year, global airborne campaign to observe the Leonid meteor showers.

A burst of 1999 Leonid meteors as seen at 38,000 feet from Leonid Multi Instrument Aircraft Campaign (Leonid MAC) with 50 mm camera.
NASA/Ames Research Center/ISAS/Shinsuke Abe and Hajime Yano

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