On the night of November 16, 1966, the Leonid meteor shower, which occurs in November of each year, rained down on Arizona at the rate of 2300 meteors per minute for a 20 minute period.
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Leonid
/ˈliː.ə.nɪd/
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5 entriesRussian nameSlavic namemale namemeteor showermeteor storm
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12 entriesGreek originLeonid BrezhnevRussian nameSlavic namecomet Tempel-Tuttle debrisforename Leonidleonid activityleonid debrisleonid meteor showerleonid radiantleonid stormmale given name
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Oleg still swears that the man who attempted to break into his house was Leonid.
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Leonid opened the door and startled Rima.
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Leonid planned to visit Rima at the hospital.
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