<Tr> <Th> Zenithal hourly rate </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> See also: List of meteor showers </Td> </Tr> <P> The Leonids (/ ˈliːənɪdz / LEE - ə - nidz) are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel--Tuttle . The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to radiate from that point in the sky . Their proper Greek name should be Leontids (Λεοντίδαι, Leontídai), but the word was initially constructed as a Greek / Latin hybrid and it has been used since . They peak in the month of November . </P> <P> Earth moves through the meteoroid stream of particles left from the passages of a comet . The stream comprises solid particles, known as meteoroids, ejected by the comet as its frozen gases evaporate under the heat of the Sun when it is close enough--typically closer than Jupiter's orbit . The Leonids are a fast moving stream which encounter the path of Earth and impact at 72 km / s . Larger Leonids which are about 10 mm across have a mass of half a gram and are known for generating bright (apparent magnitude − 1.5) meteors . An annual Leonid shower may deposit 12 or 13 tons of particles across the entire planet . </P>

Why does the leonid meteor shower always seem to radiate from the constellation leo
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