In 1998, the most spectacular activity occurred about a day earlier than expected. What happened?
In 1998, two peaks occurred. The first (and best looking) was about a day earlier than expected while the second peak was right on time with scientific predictions. The first peak had large meteor streaks (indicating larger dust particles) that were rather impressive. Studies have shown that this was the result of the dust trail created by the comet in 1899. The second peak was caused by the dust trail from the 1966 passage of the comet. The 1899 dust trail consisted of larger particles (the smaller particles had time to disperse), which caused the larger meteor streaks.
