Trail encounter . ... Expected meteor rates . ... The Leonids are the debris of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. ... The Earth's passage right through the centre of trails is associated with the most spectacular meteor displays (studies show that, as well as how close to the centre of the trail you are, the strength of the display also depends on how far along a trail's length you are). ... The encounter with the 1932 trail will lead to enhanced meteor activity: a nice outburst, but below storm level. ...

The old Fortran programs have used numbering of the format statements. ... The program follows PROGRAM FORMAT IMPLICIT NONE REAL :: X CHARACTER (LEN=11) :: FORM1 CHARACTER (LEN=*), PARAMETER :: FORM2 = "( F12.3,A )" FORM1 = "( F12.3,A )" X = 12.0 PRINT FORM1, X, ' HELLO ' WRITE (*, FORM2) 2*X, ' HI ' WRITE (*, "(F12.3,A )") 3*X, ' HI HI ' END In the PRINT statement we use the character string variable FORM1 with the length 11, which is assigned its value in an explicit assignment statement. ...