"The Taurids are rich in fireballs, so if you see a Taurid it can be very brilliant and it'll knock your eyes out, but their rates absolutely suck," NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke told Space.com."It's simply the fact that when a Taurid appears it's usually big and bright." Typically, the Taurids produce only a handful of visible meteors per hour.
Taurid meteors tend to be larger than other meteors and can survive for longer periods as they pass through Earth's atmosphere., Orionids for example, typically burn up at altitudes around 58 miles whereas Taurids typically make it as far as 42 miles . They also travel relatively slowly, traversing the sky at about 17 miles per second or 65,000 miles per hour.
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