The reason: the moon interferes with viewing them and it sets about three hours before sunrise. During the peak minutes, 15-20 meteors per minute are expected, which will not be seen in Israel
At the time of writing these lines, Thursday evening, we are at the height of the Leonid meteor shower. Already yesterday several Leonids were observed.
The science system receives reports of sightings, however, haze in several places in the country, and the fact that the moon is near its fullness means that it is only possible to observe in the brightest. The best time (also from my experience as a graduate of the huge meteor shower of 1999) is early morning. And as mentioned, due to the moonlight, it will be possible to see only the extremely bright fireballs.
The Leonids are remnants of matter - mainly dust and small rock fragments left from the tail of Comet Temple Turtle. It is estimated that during peak hours, 15-20 meteors per minute are expected, but if this happens, it will not be viewable from Israel but from North America in the early morning hours there. The moon sets about three hours before sunrise and therefore the meteors, even the fainter ones, will be better seen during these hours.
And on another astronomical topic, a user of the Hidan website reports that on Wednesday, at approximately 16:35 p.m., the International Space Station was observed passing over Israel from the northwest towards the southeast horizon. The station looked glistening from the sun's rays hitting its solar collectors.
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All the meteors that are expected to arrive are picked up by the telescope as well as by radars, but the interesting thing is that after entering the atmosphere they disappear for us, the amount of meteors is so great that we should have heard about disasters and they don't
That is why it is requested to explain that these are ice meteors and then when they enter the atmosphere they evaporate and then we have rain
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That's not the exact reason
There are more meteorites in the morning hours.
The meaning is that at every point where there will be on the surface of the earth the chance of encountering
The meteorite rises in the morning. The reason is that the hemisphere in which the sunrise occurs is the leading side (facing forward) of the sphere in its movement in space, therefore in fact the hemisphere in which the sunrise occurs moves "head to head" in front of the meteorites.
This is exactly the reason why all the meteor showers that are sometimes predicted occur in the early hours of the morning.