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Published online 24 September 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010927-5
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Leonids may short satellites
November's shooting star shower could cause communications havoc.
This year's Leonid meteor shower will be so big it poses a threat to the thousands of satellites orbiting Earth. At least one satellite could be shorted out when the Earth passes through the dusty trail of the comet Tempel-Tuttle, astronomers predict.
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