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
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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