Astronomers: Comet Elenin may produce greatest meteor showers in history

04-02-2011 • Terrence Aym

The unusual Comet Elenin is expected to pass within 21 million miles of Earth on October 16, 2011 and speeding by at more than 85,000 mph—so fast it could travel from Earth to the Moon in less than five hours. Discovered by amateur Russian astronomer