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.
![Leonid MAC](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/462_leonids_main-800x600-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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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