From the two stars on the handle-side, trace a line back to Leo and its bright star Regulus. Regulus, the star of kings, is the point beneath a backward question mark. This backward question mark, or sickle, represents Leo's mane. His flank is a triangle of stars farther east. In mid-November every year, a shower of meteors originates from the sickle area of Leo.
Meteors have nothing to do with meteorites.
Meteorites are rocks that land from space. The Leonid meteor shower, November 17, is due to dust thrown off from the parent comet, Tempel-Tuttle. One of the Ten Commandments of astronomers is never to build up false expectations for a meteor shower. Most of the night nothing will happen, except your fingers and toes may grow cold. If the sky is clear, you may see 8 to 10 meteors per hour.