* Astronomy

Leonids meteor shower 'fails to impress' stargazers in Asia
Stargazers who stayed up all night to witness what an intense meteor shower are left disappointed
The Leonid meteor shower, the best views of which were to have been from Asia, was largely obscured by cloud.

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Astronomers have been observing the annual Leonids meteor shower.
The tiny high-speed particles come from the tail of Comet 55 P/Tempel-Tuttle, which was last in the vicinity of the Earth in 1998.
To the eye, the meteors appear to originate from a point in the constellation Leo.
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Vietnam to have largest meteor shower in 10 years

Vietnamese people are expecting a great meteor shower at about 3am on November 17 and 18.
Nguyen Duc Phuong, a member of the Vietnam Astronomy Association, said that Vietnam has 10 meteor showers a year with some 100 meteors per hour. The Leonids meteor shower this year is quite strange as it will not affect peoples health and hold any religious elements.
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Meteor Shower to Light Up Syrian Sky Today from 12 o'clock to 2:30 Am of Tusesday's early Morning
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This year's Leonids meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the moon will be new -- setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years.

"We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia. Our forecast is in good accord with independent theoretical work by other astronomers" - Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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