Pieter de Hooch paintings

Pieter de Hooch paintings
Pietro Perugino paintings
meteor shower forecasts can disappoint. In 1998, for example, astronomers foresaw a brilliant Leonid storm, but it turned out to be less than ordinary. Jenniskens assures, however, that prediction methods have vastly improved since then due to more precise charting of the comet's dust trails.meteor showers aren't only a treat for the eyes, science also benefits from the display. Jenniskens says he and his team plan to analyze the content of meteors as they streak by to learn what kind of organic matter they might carry and whether that matter is changed in the process.This information could be significant since some scientists believe organic matter from comets could have planted the seeds for life on Earth billions of years ago."meteor showers have gone from being great anecdotes to becoming a bona fide part of astronomy," he said.